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LIBER X · CAPUT 66

SALAMANDERS

SALAMANDERS. Complete modern editorial illustration created specifically for this chapter.
SALAMANDERS · EDITORIAL PLATE X.66 · modern editorial plate
SALAMANDERS. Complete modern editorial illustration created specifically for this chapter.

Latine · Mayhoff 1906

Anguem ex medulla hominis spinae gigni accepimus a multis. pleraque enim occulta et caeca origine proveniunt, etiam in quadripedum genere,

English · Bostock & Riley 1855–57

We find it stated by many authors, that a serpent is produced from the spinal marrow of a man. Many creatures, in fact, among the quadrupeds even, have a secret and mysterious origin.