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646. "Q uclus pro caufa habet elafticam,*\ calore, effervefcentia, fermen-tatione, dilatabiiem materiem, quae unomomento coercetur, altero, laxato clau-ftro coercente, exploditur cum fono, &impetu.

647. Hinc aer, fales oppofiti, fru&ushoraei, humores putrefcentes, vegetabi-lia fermentantia dant ru&ui, & flatibus ma-teriem, cujus impetus , foetorque provarietate ejus indolis varius eft

648. Nec tamen omnia haec (647 ), filitaere exhalare queant, ullum dabunt im-petum; urde liquet, fpafmos fphincldisoefophagaei, oefophagi, oris fuperions &inferioris ventriculi, atque inteftinorumfemper concurrere fimul, iterumque laxari jinde ruclus, fiatus, crcpitus, borborygmiclaufi.

649. Si concurrant hae duae caufae fi-mul (647. 648.), valide agunt & diu per-ftant; tum elaltica materifrs calore, motu,propria vi, excitata in diiatationem, con-ftrifta in cavo , cujus flbrae convuifioncconftri£tae, membranas claudentes dilatat,tendit, dolere facir, vicina comprimit,unde dolores, anxietatesque oriuntur in-

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