VIII.] ERRORS ATTRIBUTED TO ARISTOTLE. 191 



Se Trjs dprrjpias juev evicts ei> ov KaraS^Aov Trotet, Iv Sc TOIS 



Ttol/ ^)0)V S^AoV OTt MT/3^Tat TO TTV.VfJLOt> CIS ttVT^V " (1. Cap. 16). 



" The heart and the windpipe are connected by fatty and 

 cartilaginous and fibrous bands ; where they are connected it is 

 hollow. Blowing into the windpipe does not show clearly in 

 some animals, but in the larger animals it is clear that the air 

 goes into it." 



Aubert and Wimmer give a somewhat different 

 rendering of this passage : 



"Auch das Herz hangt mit der Luftrohre durch fettreiche, 

 knorpelige und faserige Bander zusammen ; und da, wo sie 

 zusammenhangen, ist eine Hohlung. Beim Aufblasen der Lunge 

 wird es bei manchen Thieren nicht wahrnehmbar, bei den 

 grosseren aber ist es offenbar, dass die Luft in das Herz gelangt." 



The sense here turns upon the signification which 

 is to be ascribed to efc avrrjv. But if these words 

 refer to the heart, then Aristotle has distinctly pointed 

 out the road which the air, in his opinion, takes, 

 namely, through the " synapses" (D) ; and there is no 

 reason that I can discover to believe that he " postu- 

 lated " any other and more direct communication. 



With respect to the meaning of KOI\,OV ea-Tw, Aubert 

 and Wimmer observe : 



" Dies scheint wohl die kurze Lungenvene zu sein. Schneider 

 bezieht dies auf die Vorkammern, allein diese werden unten als 

 Hb'hlen des Herzens beschrieben." 



I am disposed to think, on the contrary, that the 

 words refer simply to the cavity of the pericardium. 

 For a part of this cavity (sinus transversus pericardii) 

 lies between the aorta, on the one hand, and the 

 pulmonary vessels with the bifurcation of the trachea, 

 on the other hand, and is much more conspicuous in 



