Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              dolorem nullum penitùs ſenſi: túncque fa­
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              miliaribus, quod in me fueram, expertus
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              credidi. </s>
              <s id="s.005495">Dimiſi verò longo ſpatio flectens
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              vndique brachium, nec quicquam mole­
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              ftum ſenſi, nec detracto effluxit ſanguis: nec
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              foramen vllum relictum eſt: quandoque ſe­
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              miguttula leuis cruoris, non autem ſangui­
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              nis, effluit, qua veſtigium vulneris deprehen­
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              ditur. </s>
              <s id="s.005496">Nec qui autor rei huius erat, loco ner­
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              uorum, aut venarum obſeruari volebat, vt
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              planè intelligeremus vim lapidi ineſſe. </s>
              <s id="s.005497">La­
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              pis faba parua minor fuit, candidus, buxeúſ­
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              que potiùs, quàm candidus, venis ferrugi­
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              neis diſtinctus, lenis admodum ac leuis, vt
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              totus pondus granorum 13. tritici impleret.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.005498">Ipſa verò acus, quam ei obtuleram, confri­
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              cata, etſi duriſſima eſſet, vt priùs, adeò ta­
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              men apparebat lenis, vt non ampliùs ferri
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              naturam retinere videretur. </s>
              <s id="s.005499">Ergo cùm con­
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              ſiderarem, tria mihi occurrebant. </s>
              <s id="s.005500">Primùm,
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              vt non arcus ingrederetur, ſed permutata
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              ſimilitudine cum noſtra aliam obtuliſſet,
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              quæ in ſe rediret, artificio non difficili, ſed
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              huic obſtabat, quòd acum ima penetrare
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              ſentiebamus: & dum extraheretur, magno
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              labore opus fuit. </s>
              <s id="s.005501">Secundum, quòd cum ſub
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              cute ſit pinguedo inter cutem, & carneam
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              membranam, inducta acu inter membra­
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              nam, & cutem per ipſam pinguedinem, ſit
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              introitus ſine dolore eſſet. </s>
              <s id="s.005502">Sed enim huic
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              rationi ſubſcribere poterat, quòd acum in
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              ſummitate paululum inflexerat, ſeu dum la­
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              pidi affricat, ſeu dum in muſculum per vim
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              immittit. </s>
              <s id="s.005503">Verùm ratio hæc haud ſatisfacit,
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              propter multa. </s>
              <s id="s.005504">Primùm, quòd ſenſu perci­
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              piebamus vſque ad os penetraſſe. </s>
              <s id="s.005505">Secun­
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              dùm, quòd ſummitas, quæ prominebat ex­
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              tra carnem, angulum fermè rectum conſti­
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              tuebat, vt ratio mathematica non pateretur
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              ſtante acu tota recta, niſi in ſummitate, at­
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              que ibidem etiam paululum flexa, non mul­
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              tum, ſitum habere cuti ipſi fermè æquidi­
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              ſtantem: accedit, quòd acus ſub cute iuxta
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              foramen relucebat, nigræque virgulæ for­
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              mam referebat. </s>
              <s id="s.005506">Quòd ſi tota adhæſiſſet cuti,
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              nigra illa virgula acus longitudini fermè
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              fuiſſet coæqualis. </s>
              <s id="s.005507">Vltimò adiiciatur, quòd
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              curuitas illa vix potuiſſet ſine læſione cutis
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              aut membranæ carneæ penetrare, tum præ­
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              cipuè, quòd hanc operationem cuicunque
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              libuiſſet demandabat. </s>
              <s id="s.005508">Ergo ad tertium in­
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              uentum confugi, quo pueri vti ſolent, ſcili­
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              cet cùm cutim abſque dolore digitis com­
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              prehenſam brachij perforant acu, & car­
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              neam auris prominentiam inferiorem prius
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              attritam digitis. </s>
              <s id="s.005509">Attritione ipſa quatuor vi­
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              dentur commoda haberi ad dolorem leuan­
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              dum: raritas partis, per quam abſque dolore
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              acus præterlabitur: caliditas, quæ dolorem
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              non permittit ſentiri: vnde calida omnia
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              acopa: & quoniam dolor, qui atterendo ſuſ­
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              citatur, dolorem punctionis leuat. </s>
              <s id="s.005510">Scriptum
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              eſt enim, duorum dolorum, qui ſecundùm
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              eandem partem fiunt, maior minorem obſ­
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              curat. </s>
              <s id="s.005511">Sed hoc non ſolum contingit, verum
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              & minor maiorem, cum non ex eodem fue­
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              rint genere. </s>
              <s id="s.005512">Denique è parte illa, quæ magis
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              ſentit, & eſt neruus, attritione ſpiritus exclu­
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              ditur, ſicque pars ea ſenſu carere poteſt. </s>
              <s id="s.005513">Sed
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              tamen in priore experimento cutis ipſa ne­
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              que atterebatur, imò paululum ſenſu dolo­
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              ris retinebat, neque in ſummo hæſit acus, ſed
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              muſculum tranſgreſſa eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.005514">Quid ergo? </s>
              <s id="s.005515">aliò
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              ducenda ratio. </s>
              <s id="s.005516">Docet experimentum, ſepo
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              illitam acum dolorem penetrando non ex­
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              citare, aut leuem: an forſan in lapide illo vis
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              erat pinguior, aut adeò frigida, quæ ſenſum
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              omnem ac ſanguinis fluxum prohiberet?
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              an illud proprium omninò huic lapidi, ve­
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              lut & ferrugineo, quod ferrum (vt dixi) ad
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              eas partes, quæ iuxta polos ſunt, dirigatur?
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              <s id="s.005517">an forſan præcantationi locus. </s>
              <s id="s.005518">Sed quis dicat
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              hoc commento quantum lucri liceat facere?
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              </s>
              <s id="s.005519">aut quis poſſit excogitare? </s>
              <s id="s.005520">Multa hîc narra­
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              mus, quæ parua videntur, & tamen ſi ad
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              vſum humanum conuertantur, magnam af­
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              ferent vtilitatem, pleraque verò turpe lu­
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              crum. </s>
              <s id="s.005521">Eadem arma ſunt pro tuenda patria,
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              & quibus latrones vtuntur ad peregrinos
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              occidendos. </s>
              <s id="s.005522">Nam quis non diceret, non tan­
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              ti eſſe habere fundum quingentorum iuge­
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              rum, imò neque mille, quanti eſt ſcire hanc
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              technam? </s>
              <s id="s.005523">Idque oſtendit Alexander Vero­
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              nenſis nuper Mediolani. </s>
              <s id="s.005524">Nam vulneratis
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              ferro hac arte præſtigioſo ſeruis, tum pue­
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              ris & tota pectoris carne transfoſſa, tum
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              verò coxis, illíſque vulnere perterritis, ac
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              nec cogitantibus, quod non dolerent (erant
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              autem vulnera non ex acu, ſed gladiis præ­
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              grandibus) oleo impoſito, quod vel modi­
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              cum ſarcocollæ, aut thuris, aut aloës, aut al­
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              terius cuiuſpiam rei, quæ oleum non eſſe
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              ſimplex oſtenderet, ſtatim ſanabantur. </s>
              <s id="s.005525">Sa­
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              nabantur autem (vt dixi) ob vulneris præſti­
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              gioſi naturam: & cùm nihil conferret oleum,
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              omnis tamen vis ſanationis in ipſum con­
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              ferebatur. </s>
              <s id="s.005526">Quamobrem tanti vendebatur,
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              quanti ille licitator æſtimaret. </s>
              <s id="s.005527">Facilè eſſet
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              hoc vel naſuto cuique perſuadere, has præ­
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              ſtigias ac
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              ignoranti, quòd oleo illi
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              tam repentè perſanarentur. </s>
              <s id="s.005528">Addebat in tam
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              procliui mortalium lapſu alias vires, vtpo­
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              te ſedandi dolores, comitialem morbum de­
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              pellendi, vermes occidendi, finiendi febres,
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              quæ tum fides ipſa, tum caſus, tum impoſi­
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              ta illa medicamenta iuuabant. </s>
              <s id="s.005529">Amara enim
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              pleraque & odorata multos poſſunt finire
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              dolores, flatus diſcutere, coctionem iuuare,
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              vermes occidere, ſoluere lentas febres, &
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              comitialibus prodeſſe: hæc enim omnia in
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              humore pituitoſo, vt plurimùm, ſedem ha­
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              bent. </s>
              <s id="s.005530">Itaque medicamentoſum hoc oleum,
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              omnium opinione erat. </s>
              <s id="s.005531">Tantum verò ex eo
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              vendebatur, & tanti æſtimabatur, vt ſenos
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              fermè aureos circulator ille indies collige­
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              ret, præter id, quód ad ægros curandos non
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              ſecus ac medicus quiſpiam famoſiſſimus vo­
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              cabatur. </s>
              <s id="s.005532">Indutus purpura, aſturcono gene­
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              roſo, multis comitatus famulis, ſycophantiæ
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              fidem faciens, & lucri exuberantis terras
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              circuibat. </s>
              <s id="s.005533">Neque minore potuiſſet tantum
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              impenſæ ferræ. </s>
              <s id="s.005534">At egregium illud oleum
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              vulneribus aliis adhibitum cum ille abeſſet,
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              prodebat dolum, nihilo aut certè valdè pa­
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              rum melius oleo puro oliuarum: nam & pu­
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              rum oleum, vt aliàs docuimus, vulnera re­
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              centia ſanare poteſt, quoniam (vt anteà di­
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              ximus) non putreſcit. </s>
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              Magnes alius
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              carneus miræ
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              virtutis.</s>
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              Quomodo
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              auris abſque
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              dolore perfo­
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              retur, & cu­
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              tis, & cauſa
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              huius.</s>
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              Fraus maxi­
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              mi quæſtus.</s>
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              <s id="s.005538">Sed iam de his ſatis dictum eſt, quemad­
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              modum & de cauſis lapidis Herculei, quibus </s>
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