Dissertatio inauguralis medica, de curis viperinis ... / auctor Theophilus Conradus Christianus Storr.

  • Gottlieb Conrad Christian Storr
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[1768]
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Credit: Dissertatio inauguralis medica, de curis viperinis ... / auctor Theophilus Conradus Christianus Storr. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Vipera, Amphibiologorum litibus fubje&a femper, necdum habetur definita. Hanc, quidem, credide¬ runt veteres, diftingui fatis poffe per viviparam natu¬ ram , omnino nimium largiti etymologiae; fed, ita ne¬ que mares viperas cognofci pofle, neque extra partus tem¬ pus feminas, quin, alia & vivos partus eniti ferpentia (a), praeterviderunt. Relicto poft incongruo hoc charaftere conflandus depromere volebant ex telis viperinis fignum recentiores natura: rufpatores ('b). At horum quoque operas, dum decimam ferpentum quamque fpeciem -lethife- ris armavit iftis frameis, natura liberalior elufit (c), Hinc acutiffimus fciendae totius naturalis reformator, 111. Car. Linn^vs, quum diftribueret natura fingula producta in tria regna, digefta porro in clades, ordines, genera Sc fpecies, determinavit quoque viperam noviflima privaque methodo. Amphibiorum quippe claffi, quae corde unilo- culari, uniaurito, pulmonibus arbitrariis, peneque dupli¬ ci notavit (d), fecundo loco, ordinem ferpentum fubdidit, qui ore refpirante, ac pedum pinnarumque defectu (e) cognofcuntur; Tertium hujus ordinis genus, coluber, fcu- ta habet abdominalia & fquamas fubcaudales (/), quorum A 2 fub-