Galen: On the Natural Faculties by Galen
Chapter VII
48 words | Chapter 28
In the last resort, the ultimate living elements
(Erasistratus's _simple vessels_) must draw in their
food by virtue of an inherent attractive faculty like
that which the lodestone exerts on iron. Thus the
process of anadosis, from beginning to end, can be
explained without assuming a _horror vacui_.
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