DIFFERENT SYSTEMS. 2;^ 



It is farther alledged by Hippocrates, that the 

 male femeii is lecreted from the ftrongeft and 

 moft eflential fluids of the body ; and he thus 

 explains the manner in which the fecretion is 

 performed : * Venae et nervi/ fays he,' abomni 

 corpore in pudendum vergunt, quibus dum ali- 

 quantulum teruntur, et calefcunt ac implentur, 

 velut pruritus incidit, ex hoc toti corpori volup- 

 tas ac caliditas accidit; quum vero pudendum 

 teritur et homo movetur, humidum in corpore 

 calefcit ac diffunditur, et a motu conquafTatur ac 

 fpumefcit, quemadmodum alii humores omnes 

 conquaflati fpumefcunt. 



* Sic autem in homine abhumidofpumefcente 

 id quod robuftiiFimum eftac pinguiffimum fecer- 

 nitur, et ad medullam fpinalem venit ; tendunt 

 enim in banc ex omni corpore viae, et diffun- 

 dunt ex cerebro in lumbos ac in totum corpus 

 et in medullam : Et ex ipfa medulla procedunt 

 viae, ut et ad ipfam humidum perferatur et ex 

 ipfa fecedat ; poftquam autem ad banc medul- 

 lam genitura pervencrit, procedit ad renes, ac 

 enim via tendit per venas ; et fi renes fuerint 

 exulcerati, aliquando etiam fanguis defertur: A 

 renibus autem tranfit per mcdios teftes in pu- 

 dendum, procedit autem non qua urina, verum 

 alia ipfi via eft i!li contigua*,' &c. 



It will, doubtlefs, be perceived by anatomifts, 

 that Hippocrates errs in tracing the route of the 

 fcminal fluid. But this error efl'cdsnot his hy- 



F 2 pothefis, 



♦ Sec FcHus's tranflations, torn. i. p. 1 29. 



