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eonim oinnem cam p:irtcm aorr:ic complciflitur , qunc intni 

 pcric:irtiiimi inclnr:i fnit. Hoc . -Nti :inibitnm pollicum rtprcm 

 ct i]n:itnor line.irum , qucmadmodum in rupcrioribu^ dic"cum 

 eft, li:ibcr; pollices omnino quip,<]uc, mcnfur:! ad arcum ina- 

 iorcm fnmta, longum cll. \'ti ct cor ipfum cnormi fcrc ma- 

 gnitudinc gaudct , non mirnni fiinc c(l , quod hoc acquc :ic 

 iiigcns illnd tuber inuolucns pcric^irdii veficu , rantaqnc practc- 

 rea fanguinis qnantitatc dilknta. maximam partcm thoracis oc- 

 cupaucrit. p'ignra tnbcris phinc irrcgularis cll. Ncquc fupcr- 

 ficics ci vti aortac , cx qiia productum clt , vcl vti cactcris 

 cire folct arrcriis , acqualis ct conucxa , fcd variis hinc indc 

 promincntibus tnbcrculis , planisquc porro arcis, aut vallibns 

 magnis , maximc potius inacqualis cfl. Molcm tanicn fubro- 

 rundam quali infimnm lioc, pcricardio inclufnm, tubcr fua fi- 

 gura rcfcrt, quac llt antcrins poltcriusquc aliquo modo com- 

 prelTa, tcrminata dcxtcrius marginc cnrno ct craflo, rcc^to fcre 

 finiflcrius. Qucm dixi ingcntcm ambitnm habcrc lioc tnbcr , 

 is in media maximaquc cius partc crt. BaHs, qua cx orificio 

 vcnrricnli oritur , multo angullior , nonnifi trium pollicnm et 

 quatuor lincarum circumfcrcntiam pracbuit ; quam pro magni- 

 tudinc cordis minimc nimiam, aut practer naturam, fuifTc ar- 

 bitror. Vt morbus hominis crgo in folo arcu aortac fcdcm 

 fium habucrit. Nam licct cor cnormi fcrc magnitndinc fit ; 

 tamcn et in aliis hominnm corponbus magna corda inuciii , 

 ct ipfum illnd, cuius flbras cxtcrnas in primis tabnlis dillcrt.i- 

 tionum dc ordine fibrarum cordis cxhibni , Aix minus molc 

 fuit , ct iplc homo proccro fuit corporc , ct nihil dcnique 

 practcr natnrani in flruclura liiiius cordis cxcepta magirudinc 

 inucntum clK Cactcrum qno(]nc vafa omnla , rami aorrac , 

 aorta dorfalis , artcria pulii.opalis , vcnacquc omncs folitain 

 prorliis fhucluram cxliibcnt. Solub arcus aortac laborat. 



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