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Page 77
... from the fimili- tude of a spider's web , because it is most fine and fubtile , and being derived from the brain and optick nerve , it becomes a most tenuous E 3 vest- vestment for the humours ; and is fo pellucid , of OLD AGE . 77.
... from the fimili- tude of a spider's web , because it is most fine and fubtile , and being derived from the brain and optick nerve , it becomes a most tenuous E 3 vest- vestment for the humours ; and is fo pellucid , of OLD AGE . 77.
Page 80
... optick nerve all about the bottom of the eye . For the bettter understanding of all which , we must know that the fpecies pafs along the medium in a pyramidical figure , and as they are cast off from one point of the fu- perficies of ...
... optick nerve all about the bottom of the eye . For the bettter understanding of all which , we must know that the fpecies pafs along the medium in a pyramidical figure , and as they are cast off from one point of the fu- perficies of ...
Page 85
... to look thro ' the holes in respect of the optick nerves , for thefe above all the other nerves of the body are apparently perforated ; and although nei- thep ther these , nor any other , do fo appear of OLD AGE . 85.
... to look thro ' the holes in respect of the optick nerves , for thefe above all the other nerves of the body are apparently perforated ; and although nei- thep ther these , nor any other , do fo appear of OLD AGE . 85.
Page 86
... optick nerves ought as well to be reckoned among the holes through which fight is made , as any other that are placed before the proper organ upon which the reprefenta- tion of outward objects is first made , and that because there can ...
... optick nerves ought as well to be reckoned among the holes through which fight is made , as any other that are placed before the proper organ upon which the reprefenta- tion of outward objects is first made , and that because there can ...
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... optick nerve , p . 85 , 86. The difeafes , P. 87 , 88 . VERSE IV . from Page 89 , to Page 132 . The connection , p . 89 . preters miftakt upon double grinding , 91 . grinding , 91 , 92 , 93 . guification , p . 94 , 95 . A The Cause of ...
... optick nerve , p . 85 , 86. The difeafes , P. 87 , 88 . VERSE IV . from Page 89 , to Page 132 . The connection , p . 89 . preters miftakt upon double grinding , 91 . grinding , 91 , 92 , 93 . guification , p . 94 , 95 . A The Cause of ...
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