DE HVMANI CORPORIS FABRICA LIBER III. r6y 
partcm ipfius duntaxatjqux primum a iccoris fubftantia ccrniturlibcra . Dicitiir & calidicis 
« nomincisAvi;uit«,quod etiii noincii Galcnus interdii caucc uena: ' qua iccoriefl proxiiiiaj& prg 
tcreamagnc artcriCjqua c cordc pronafcif jtribuifle uidct. Dcin portx uena ab aliis ctia iecoris 
nianusnuncupaf.>quodiccur caadclaborati in ucntriculo cibiattrafrioni; tanqinianuutatur. 
Suiitquiladciiappcllct.quodluccusquirhccabintcftinisiccoridcfcrt.lac^fcuslIt.Porro ucnai Poni^ ,ir«:; 
portx,iuccii cu quc e ucntricuIo,pra:cipue autt: ex inteftinis ad ic allicit,atqi in icctir dcfcrt,icco r.6 
rismodoinipfodcductuconcoquercjaccidcm prxpararc, & in rudcm fanauincm inutarc 
liaudfacile conccflcro:quantumuis orauitcTidin quarto dc VTupartiulibroGalcnus affcrat. 
r^^killam enim fmguiRcaiionis uim irii:branco & coriacco ucnx corpori aflfgiiare poflum : 
fi qux eflctjilla profcfto albumpararet languinc, non fccus quama uciitriculo cmutatadaifrcu 
colorem rcfcruiit,uti&; ucntriculi fubftantiiialbam.nonautcm iecoris modo concrctifangui- 
nisinftarrubramcflcliquidocernimus.AtquchocGalcniplacitumnon femclabipfo rcpcti' 
tum altius rcfellcrcm,iiifi Galcnus iplc fcxto dc Dogmatibus Hippocratis &: I^latonis cam niii 
j. talfct lcntciitiam,iurjpluTS,quo acrius Anftotclcm oppugnarct,obIitus . ' Ranium porte,que Mct.meloH, 
iub reclo intcftino dccliucm ac mcfcntcTio luPiultumporrigi (cripfinius,noiinuiic[uam ad fx- ^'"•^["mipcr 
culcntifanguinis per ani ucnulas, faiiguiiie iiitcrdum manantcs, cxpurgatioiicm plurimum ^ply^l^™"' 
condLicercarbin-or. Qiiandoquidemdumautoblicnisobfl:rufrionem,autaliud quodcuncp 
ipflus uiiium,frculcntus fanguis non uiiiucrfiis,ucl nullus plane in licncm abfumitur , uel licii 
cundcmaduentriculumcruc"tarcnequit,liuiusramibencficio ccrtis quibuldam interuallis,utL 
niulicrummenftruxpurgationesfolent,peranum cxccriii credo. Rarius cnim cx uiiiucrfo 
corporchxmorrhoidumuitioIaboraiitibusaducnxcauaTamuIos iii fcdem pcrtinentes, lu' 
tolumeiurniodilanguiiiemrcgurgitareucrifimilcnobis uidemr, duni ucram uciixportxdi.- 
rtnbutioncmpcrfpeclamhabcmus.Qiiippccx hacconiccluraricftproinptiflimum^qiu is faii 
guis a liene non attractus, auiob mcatuum obturationcm iion admiflus , uiide fiucbat rurfus 
regurgitct,atque fua grauitatcpcr ramum ad intcftinum rcflum pcrtineiitc dcorfum procum- 
bac,ibi'que tantiljicr rclcructur colligatur ciuc,doiiec nimium turgenics uenx ofculis rcfcratis 
per anuin maiiarc illum fiiian t . Huic nicx fcntcntix magnum robur adiccit is qucmhoc fan- 
guiiiis defluxu pcr intcrualla laborantcni refecuiinus. Huic enim niinor,fcd durior licii fuit, & 
iicna fub rcc^to intcftino cxcurrcns,poIlicis quafi crafliticm lupcrau it, coqs modo fanguinc tur, 
gcbat,quo iainparturiciiiiumanimaliuinucnas utcruniamplexaiites,iiif giiitcram.plas diftcn 
tasqicernimus. Verum hxcpaulolatius anobisrclataruntincpiftola,quadcxtr,T.axillarem in 
laterali inorbo (fi inodo dcxtrain aut finiftram fcces, quicquam intcrfit) apcricndain docui.ac 
proindcnuncaducnxcauxfericmcftacccdcndum : namportxucnam fccandiinodumad fi- 
ncm Qiiinti libri rcijcicn duin duxi,in quo oinnium nutritionis gciicrationis'que organoriim 
adininiftr.ationcin una pcrfcquar. 
CHARACTERVM TOTIVS VENAE CAVAE 
DELINEATIONIS, Q_VAM SVBSECJ_VENS 
pagina proponit, [ndcx. 
F I G R- i_-/r ([ii^tin inproxwuireponemuspitginrt^qnatuor Capitibus fcriatim fi!i^ 
fequentibus communis eJl,proportione^ illi corre[pondet,(lua intcgram artcricc ma^nce ferient 
ante duodecimum huius libri Caput, ac dein dorfalis meduUa: nernorum diflributionem ante un 
decimum qu.rrti libri Caput exhibebo. qw^ in ca uirilis corporis ma^nitudine ( quemadmodum 
^ha:c uencc caua: !igura,c^ mufculorum cy oJ?ium fimul compaclorum tabulx 3 dcpinquntur, 
(Juam huic papyro( quic re^^-alis md^-o dicitur}accommodamjore putaui. erhmficuipiampo 
ilcauifimfiierit,eiufmodinudasuenarum,arteri.-irum,!:^neruorumicones aut ex proportione, 
iit clariores reddantur,auqere(uti in mea Hpitomefiflum cernis) aut propter charta; anqu^ 
fliam,feupotius ob typo^raphorum fordes zj' auaritiamimminuere ,idunummoneo CT ro^qo 
pitriter,ne quis hasftquras circumfcribens,aliam hominis imaqineillis adijciat: quemadmodum 
plaqiarij quid3.proficio,cx quibus hancuenarum fericm fediila diffeclione colle^iffem dignif^i 
mi,in meis ^^natomicis tabulis ^rgentime imprefiis tentariint .Hcec enim circumfcriptio, 
etfintultis rationibus negociii uitiet',ob id tamen etia. refpuenda efl,ne omnes uente hac expreffie 
fqnra in una tanttim corporis fuperficie dijqeri,ac anteriori tantu parti peculiares effe uidean 
tur:potif?imum.quumnemotamrcrumi^-narus in his Natura: myfierijs opcram nauet,quiiii 
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