Dissertatio inauguralis medica de telae cellulosa in fabrica corporis humani dignitate.

  • Albrecht von Haller
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[1748]
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Credit: Dissertatio inauguralis medica de telae cellulosa in fabrica corporis humani dignitate. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    vnde forte cueator totum ftruxerit hominem, impri¬ mis fi meditanti in mentem venerit, non adeo magnam revera differentiam videri inter fibram mufcularem'& celluIofam.fi excipis facultatem contraclilem & motricem, qua gaudet mufculus,cum elotus mufculus perfe&e fenfim palleat, & fibrae ejus longae componantur ex infinitis bre¬ vibus fibrillis lateraliter libi invicem intortis,- offa autem * ipfa plurimam cellulofam fabricam oftendere, a reliqua, duritie tantum fenfim contrafta,differentem. Confirma¬ bitur porro magis hac in fufpicione, qui confiderat phae¬ nomena in aliis animalibus, etfi homine longe imperfec¬ tioribus, vt polypis, lumbricis, ftellis marinis, aliisque fimilibus, a magnis viris toties obfervata: Partes nempe nobiliffimas hisce animalculis recilfas, fenfim glu¬ tine e locis vulneratis effluente, cellulofa fibrolatela poftea inde enata, brevi tempore amiflis perfecte fimiles, jipfis reftitutas fuiffe; eo modo, obfervantc illvstri reav- mvrio, cancris majoribus etiam chelas totas resciffas poftea recreviffc, aeque fortes mobilesque, teftaque fuper- induftas aeque dura, quam quas perdiderant.Quod fi vero nolit aliquis nimis cito ab his animalculis ad hominem concludere, videbit tamen, poffe talia fieri, & a£tu fieri in his beftiolis, nihil vero obeffe, quin & fimillima in ho¬ mine formando, fecundum epigennefeos fyftema, contin¬ gere queant, eas quoad partes, quas manifefte aut nullas adhuc, aut fumme imperfectas habet embryo, vermiculo figura fua adhuc proximus; cum praefertitn vix credibile fit, Naturam, quam faepe fimpliciflimam alibi obfervando admiramur, in animalibus eosdem effeftus totuplici me¬ thodo'produxiffe. Patebit ergo, in lyftemate evolutionum partes omnes praefiguratas, fine neceffitate, & fummis cum difficultatibus aafumi, quarum magna parte fyftema epige-
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