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De spermate Ceti, quod Ambra dicitur, & eius Medicinis.


CAP. XVIII.


Alber. lib. 24.                                         CETVS humanæ propagationis more cum balena congrediens,
                                        ob velocitatem coitus multum sperma emittit, &
                                        resoluit, atque sic resolutum vulua totaliter non admittit.
Ceti sperma passim ampliat invndis.                                         Spargitur ampie per mare in diversis figuris, colorem cæruleum
                                        habentibus, magis tamen ad albedinem tendentibus,
                                        sibiinvicem conglutinatis: atque a nautis solicite (vt inter
Ceti sperma a nautis colligitur.                                         navigandum in Oceano sparsum vidi ) colligitur, vt medicis
                                        purgandum vendant, qui purgatum ambram vocant:
Medicinæ ex ambra.                                         eoque(vt Iorath autor est) contra guttas, & paralysin, tanquam
præcipuo, & pretiosissimo vnguento vtuntur. Præterea a Platearius asserit,
Ambra calida & sicca. quod ambra sit sperma ceti, id est balenæ, & quod calida sit & sicca in secundo gradu.
Est autem alba, & si invenitur coloris gypsei, melior est. Sophisticatur autem
Ambra quio sophisticetur. cum pulvere ligni aloës, & styracc, musco, & quibusdam aliis. Sed hoc agnoscitur:
quia sophisticata ad mollitiem facilem reducitur tanquam cera, ambra vero integra
non ita liquescit. Habet virtutem confortandi, valetque contra syncopin, & epilepsiam.
Constantius. Præterea Constantius in lib. graduum dicit, quod ambra de ventre cujusdam
maximæ bestiæ egrediatur. Quidam tamen dicunt, quod in fundo maris nascatur
calida & sicca in secundo gradu existens, & frigidas naturas confortans. Avicenna
Avicenna. asserit: Ambra (vt æstimo) est manatio fortis in mari, melior grisea quia fortis
Modus adulterandi ambram. deinde varia, post citrina. Et adulteratur cum gypso, & cera, & ladano: nigra
specie mala est. Multoties autem assumitur e ventre piscis: qui si eam comedit,
moritur. Est autem calida & sicca, & videtur esse calida in secundo
Ambræ variæ medicinæ. gradu, sicca in primo. Confert autem decrepitis propter
subtilitatem suæ calefactionis, tum etiam cerebro,
sensibus, ac cordi


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