2. Scarce any aphorism in medicine new, since the 



time of Hippocrates . . 4 



3, 4. The circulation of the blood clearly discovered 



by Hippocrates . . ib. 



f . Plato and Aristotle's sentiments on the circulation 



of the blood . . 5 



6. Julius Pollux and Apuleius describe this circulation 



as clearly as any of the modems . 6 



7. The motion of the pulse owes its origin to the heart ib. 

 ( 8. Servetus discovered three sorts of spirits in the hu- 

 man body .. . . ib. 



9. The valves of the heart discovered by Father Paul 7 



10. Of the fallopian tubes . 



CHAP. II. 



Of the Chirurgery of the Ancients. 



j, S. Extract of Mr. Bernard's Thoughts on Ancient 



Chirurgery . 9 



The moderns have contributed to the advancement 

 of chirurgery . . JO 



3. The grand operation for the stone was the invention 



of Johannes de Romanis . 11 



4. The cure of the hernia intestinalis exactly described 



by the ancients , ib. 



5. The real caustic well known.by Hippocrates ; 1* 



