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NOTES 



in the immediately preceding years 

 (1661—1663). Compare previous Trea* 

 tises. 



P. 167. 1. 6-7 from top. 



publicae luci . . . expofiturum] 

 See Steno's Letter to Th.Bartholin, dated 

 Leyden ult. April, 1663 (XIV vol. I 

 p. 155 in the present Edition). 



P. 168. 1. 15-16 from bottom. 



ad aliqvod tempus revertendi] 

 About the time of the death of Steno's 

 stepfather, Johan Stichman (November 

 1663), his mother was taken ill, for 

 which reason he left Holland in the 

 spring of 1664. His mother died shortly 

 after his return to Copenhagen. 



P. 169. 1. 3 from top. 



Adminiftrat. Anatom. 1. 7. § 8] 

 Galeni De Anatomicis Administration^ 

 bus Libri Novem. Sfeno has, erroneously, 

 /. 7. § 9. 



P. 169. 1. 6 from top. 



de thorace 1. 1. cap. 8] See Casp. 

 Hofmanni De Thorace, Ejusque Parti= 

 bus Commentarius Tripartitus. Franco* 

 fvrti 1627. lib. I c. 8. p. 13. He adds: 

 Nervi enim dant motum animalem, qualis 

 heic non eft. 



P. 169. 1. 15-16 from top. 



cor mufculum pronuntiant] See 

 Hippocrates, De Corde (Hepi Kapbiqc:) 

 4. Ed. Littre. vol. IX p. 82 . . . n, xapbfn. 

 (jOq £cm xdpra icxupoq, ou rep veupep, 

 dXAd niXfiuari Gapxoq. 



P. 169. 1. 19 from bottom. 



D. Harvazus] See Exercitatio Ana= 

 tomica De Motv Cordis Et Sangvinis In 

 Animalibvs, Gvilielmi Harvei . . . Fran* 



cofvrti 1628. c. II p. 22: Ex his mini 

 videbatur manifeftum; Motum cordis 

 ejje tentionem quandam ex omni parte, 

 &■ fecundum ductum omnium fibrarum, 

 6- conjhictionem vndique, quoniam erigi, 

 vigorari, minorari, &■ durefcere in omni 

 motu videtur, ipfiufque motum ejffe, qua- 

 lem mufculoru, dum contractio fit fe= 

 cundum ductum partium neruofarum, &■ 

 fibrarum, mufculi enim cum mouentur, 

 &■ in actu funt vigorantur, tenduntur, 

 ex mollibus durifiunt, attolluntur, incraf= 

 fantur, &fimiliter Cor. See, also, ibidem 

 p. 23. 1. 13 from bottom : . . &■ dum 

 tenduntur fibrx . . . 



P. 169. 1. 19 from bottom. 



D. Sylvius] On Sylvius' conception 

 of the function of the heart, see e. g. 

 his dissertation De Chyli Mutatione in 

 Sanguinem, Circulari Sanguinis Motu, 

 &■ Cordis, Arteriarumque Pulfu [1659], 

 which, as Disputatio III, constitutes pp. 

 23—38 of . . . Sylvii . . . Disputationum 

 Medicarum Pars Prima . . . Amstelodami 

 1663. For instance § 9. p. 26: In cordis 

 ventriculo Jinijho accenditur iteratb &■ 

 rarefit Sanguis ab eodem Igne Cordis 

 inferno, accipitque tunc ultimam fui ab 

 Ipfo perfectionem. And § 16. p. 29: Na* 

 turalem proinde putamus vocandam Cor= 

 dis Ventriculorum Dilatationem, a San= 

 guine rarefcente factam, uti Animalem 

 eorundem Contractionem per mufculos 

 abfolutam, &■ Voluntati quodammodo 

 parentem. And § 33. p. 34: Contrahi verb 

 a Spiritibus animalibus parenchyma ip- 

 fius mufculofum animali motu cientibus. 



P. 170. 1. 6 from top. 



Spigelius] See . . . ^4cfn'ani Spigelii 

 . . . De Hvmani Corporis Fabrica Libri 

 Decern . . . Francofvrti 1632. lib. IV p. 

 134: Initium autem habent [sc. musculi 



