1ance to its Spring then elſewhere. And
this brings into my minde that ſtrange
Obſervation of Nicolaus Fontanus, a Phy
ſitian at Amſterdam, who teſtifies, That
in a Boy of the ſame Town, four years
old, there was found, inſtead of Lungs, a
certain Membranous Bladder; which be
ing fill'd with Wind, and furniſh'd with
little Veins, had its origination from the
Wind-Pipe it ſelf; which being ſuppoſ'd
true, how well it will agree with moſt of
the Opinions touching Reſpiration, I leave
to be conſidered.
this brings into my minde that ſtrange
Obſervation of Nicolaus Fontanus, a Phy
ſitian at Amſterdam, who teſtifies, That
in a Boy of the ſame Town, four years
old, there was found, inſtead of Lungs, a
certain Membranous Bladder; which be
ing fill'd with Wind, and furniſh'd with
little Veins, had its origination from the
Wind-Pipe it ſelf; which being ſuppoſ'd
true, how well it will agree with moſt of
the Opinions touching Reſpiration, I leave
to be conſidered.
Fontanus >
apud Bar
tholin: lib.
2. cap. 9.
apud Bar
tholin: lib.
2. cap. 9.
And thus may the grand Objection of
Bartholine, and others, be anſwered: But
I leave to Anatomiſts to conſider what is
to be ſaid to ſome Obſervations that ſeem
to contradict thoſe Anatomical Experi
ments already mention'd: Such was par
ticularly that which I remember I have
read in Sennertus (from the obſervation of
his Father-in-law Schato) of a Melancho
ly Student, who having ſtabb'd himſelf,
and pierced the Diaphragme in the thinner
or tendonous part (call'd by many the
Nervous Circle) lived ſeven Moneths af
ter he had ſo wounded himſelf, though af
ter his death (preceded by violent Vomit-
Bartholine, and others, be anſwered: But
I leave to Anatomiſts to conſider what is
to be ſaid to ſome Obſervations that ſeem
to contradict thoſe Anatomical Experi
ments already mention'd: Such was par
ticularly that which I remember I have
read in Sennertus (from the obſervation of
his Father-in-law Schato) of a Melancho
ly Student, who having ſtabb'd himſelf,
and pierced the Diaphragme in the thinner
or tendonous part (call'd by many the
Nervous Circle) lived ſeven Moneths af
ter he had ſo wounded himſelf, though af
ter his death (preceded by violent Vomit-
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