17. 17. The Communicant Branches of the VsHckral and 
Carotid hxtmQ%. 
18. 18. The Arteries of the Brain difplayed. 
FIG. 5. 
IGhoofe to place this Figure on the C<?/>per Vtate of one 
of the Trunks of the Arteries of ihtTibia (diflefted from 
the Leg after Amputdtion) rather than the following I>7/?/V^, 
which I find written' on the Original Tahk of this Scheme 
of the ^.rteries. 
Vuljificus Sanguis de Cordis Ventre finijlro^ 
Funditur ut Corpus nntriat hifce vijs. 
Before I explain the Letters of Reference of this gd Fi- 
gure, it will be lieceiFary to let you know that Kir Stringer 
was in his fixty feVenth year when this. Attery was taken 
from him, and near twenty years before loft the ufe of both 
his i^^i^^ and in that time he had been fo perfecuted with 
Conyulijons in them^ that neither Leg was tree a quarter of 
ah hour together, whether Sleeping or Waking. At length 
one of his little. Toes mortified, which was taken oft^ by 
Wr Goldwj/ery S^n Bx^ oi Salisbury 5 not long after 
more Toes/oi" tlie fame Foot followed the like fate ; The 
Convulfidns follbwiiig that Leg ftronger and quicker : That 
part of the Foot next the Toes became tumid and inflamy, 
the Tumbr extending itfelf above the MaleoH ,'^ A Si- 
nuous Ulcerpafled by the fide oi one of the Metatarfal 
Bones ^ the extremity of which Bone (whence the Toe was 
taken off ) lying bare* In this condition I found the Left 
Foot and Leg of this Gentleman^ when I had tlie Honour 
to wait on him by Command of the Right HonaurabU 
the prefent Earl of Shaft sbnry^ he Hving in the "Neighbour-. 
hood of that Noble Peer in Wikjhire ^ where I met with. 
Mr Goldvpjer above- mentioned 5 and finding the Leg very 
chilly, the neceflxty of parting with it was too evident ^ 
which 
