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1*4 De fotu & pottf Thermaram

Authotitatibus iatisfaciamus , placct quoque oftenderevAatiqnir vcte rcs Aquas Thermalcs, ufu lnterno ?»tationu ufurpaf-thTmo 0 ^ CC Ariftoteles fedk 24. problemai/. Quairit cur thcrmx'Magnefitt, & Artanae , potufintidonea. Piutarchus 1. decompof. Ignis &C Aqux, apertc fcribit calidasaqtias eftcMedicinales.Gal. I.7. Meth, ^Wedendieas commendat inVentriculi imbecillicate. I. 7. fimpl. cap. 7. cafdertt 1 uidatin Hydrope 1. 4. fanit. tuend. rurfusfuadet. Paulus /£ge-nita ex Oribafio 1. 4. cap. 1. Alexander Trajanus 1.10.cap. r. easinColici prsefcripferunt, & Avicenna h j. fen.16. cap. j. Vitiuvius 1.8. cap. J. quafdam reccnfet potarifoiitas. Plinius.l. j. cap.i/. &lib. y>. cap, 3. refert quoquceas, quz inCampania , ac prarcipue qux in finuBayanofunt, fuiftefrequenrilfimi ufus Sic /Etius 1.1. cap 3. &c.Hunc ergo ufum approbant, & praefcribunt AntiquiiiimiGneci, Arabes,& Latini.-qaeniquoqueconfirruant Neo-terici praefertim ii qui derhcrrais in geiiere autparticulari,fcripferunr, ut Baccius, Fallopius , Mercurialis, VidiusVidius, Guanerius. Frafcatus, Motagnana, Georg. Agti-eola, Tabernemonranus, Solenandcr, Riverius Sc pcr-quam plurimialii.

His igitur fulcris Rationttm Authoritatum, Experi*entiarum ftrmiftimis ftabihra, & evtilgataeft, Acjttugra*xenfis Thermopotatio; Occafione cujus Magiftratus hocmagmficnm opus lapideum^bene - fciftum, undique mu-nitum,ab omnibus injuriis&nequiriistutum.acliberum,aninciofiflime' claboratum, fupra fcaturigincm unamMinera Corne/ian£,invia.pub\icsL erigi ctiravit.modoqueauxit, &adornavir: ex quo fufHcientiifimcexanthlanttir,&nitidiflime promunrur aqua:, ita, uiunusquifquepro-priis manibus & vitris, eafdem ex tribus epiftomiis , fivecanalibus fufciperepofiir, & pro fanitate propria ebibere.

Alia huic rhermopotationi congrua v. g. ambulacra ,horros, quamplurima neceftaria, ieparata,accommodatif-fima, occlufa, tecta, munda&c. addidit,&adaprariman-davir, & aliafierimandabit, ubi cxpediri animadverrerit;y, g. expofitiones alias duas novas defideratas & infi-

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