CUM ex inſtituto Academico, Diſſertatio Medica mihi incumberet ſcribenda, pro hu- jus argumento præ cæteris arridebat PLEURITIS, morbus fanè ex acutorum genere fæ- viffimus atque acerrimus, qui tot generis humani miferos infeftans, tantiſque dolori- bus, vel ipforum Stoicorum patientiam fu- perantibus, excrucians, ad mortem tandem deducit funeftam. Hujus itaquc morbi diriffimi naturam ex. ponere quàm pauciffimis & breviter explicare propono. # ## ### ## # When, according to academic custom, the task of writing a medical dissertation fell to me, among other topics, Pleurisy particularly appealed to me as the subject. Indeed, it is a most severe and acute disease, afflicting many of the human race, tormenting them with such great pains that surpass even the patience of the Stoics, and eventually leading them to a fatal end. Therefore, I propose to briefly explain the nature of this most dire disease in as few words as possible