Excerpt from Joan. Clerici Physica, Sive De Rebus Corporeis, Libri Quinque: In Quibus, Præmissis Potissimis Corporearum Naturarum Phænomenis Et Proprietatibus, Veterum Et Recentiorum De Eorum Causis Celeberrimæ Conjecturæ TradunturLorurn mccrum Philof0phicorum *duobus fummis vìris confecm¿èm, ne grno erat cui libemius hancce dicerem, 'quàm tibi, Frater Carifiìrhe, qui ci fiu diorum generi es a_ddiàus. Quae partem Phyficae non contemnendam, imò, fi verum dicere vd!umus, momentofi¿ì mam comple&untur., Unde fa&um, , ut infitna'latìl1itas, mejores nofiri, ver antnio fermone, quemadmodum etiam num hodie Angli, Pbyficm vocarint, quem nunc Mediam dicimps. Certe ea Phytîcx pars, quae iti mera contempla tione confifiit, non efi aequiparanda, in hoc mortalitatis ¿atu, ei quae utiles ad tucawendam vaietudinem cognitiones nobis fuppeditat. (&òd fi nunc e¿èt ea hu mani generis conditio, qua olim ent, ut neque morbos ullos timeret, neque cor pus ante omnia curandurn haberet ju cundifiìmum effet, fateor, fuiveluti o blivifci divina opera animo _lufirare, imo verò, fi fieri pofi'cr, reli6tà hac ter rà, \alias \univerfuatis partes inviiere, praefentémque in iis quae avidis o culis, fed remo fpeéìamus. Ve rùm. Prout nunc (unt res nofirae, con templati0ni addi&mn, animum revocar, retrahit invitum corpufculi infirmitps, monétque peritum unum Medicum theo reticis omnibus Phyficis effe praefercn dum.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.