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DE HVKIA.NI CORPORIS FABRICA LIBER III. 277 
dcxtri cubiti'aj:illarem, Hippocrates iecorariam,nonminiisquamipram cauamqiiacordi 
proximacft,appe!lauit.Porrouenccaua:ramipcriecoriscorpusexpon-ccn:i,porta;ramis 'in- 
cumbuntj&utriufcisuenxramulorumextrcma ofculisintcr fcconniucnt, utcaua-propac;!' 
ncsoptime citiffimeqp fanguincm iccoris bcneficio in porta: ramis claboratum,ac bilc flaua 
fa:culcntoq!fanguinerepurgatum,tranirumant,&:poamodumuniucrfocorporiadpartiura 
cnutritioncm dcducant. Venarum itaquecauam confi:itucntium,atquc e iccorccduftarum 
coitus,no in mcdio gibbi iecoris p)crficitur,ut Anatomicorum uulgus ridicule arbitratur:fcd, 
utiampriusadmonui,in eaparteiecoris quacdorlifcufpinaidcxtro latcri proxima eft.adco 
faneutni!iilprorfusfubftantia:iecoristotipofterioriucnccaufparti,quadorfumfpcciat,ob- 
duci ccrnatur .'Ncque rur- 
P R^<-^E S EN S fi, 
giird iecoris gilhii pojleyiorc^ 
ipfiiii fcdmt oommmPtmt. dc fA 
t^ttidem t-^ iitdicdnt eldtto- 
ran giliUregioncm fepro trdiif 
tierfo ueifus dttteriord coitti riiti 
ttdm. B tlcro B reciiovEvt hw 
viiltornit.C cdtja- tiettd^ pdrsno^ 
tatllr, ^ttd lidc fepttivtpermedt, 
ipfitjirdvios expOTrigit.fi ddfL 
ufc^i fedciitdicdt,^lld cdttd iecons 
fuljidti<c dditdfcitttr . ff portdt 
'Udinddprdfeits Qdput rejeruutur. 
fus, quemadmodum Galcno 
SsTomnibus diireiftionum pro 
feflbribus hac^tcnus uifum eft, 
uena; cauac rami ex iccore prO' 
ccdentes , cauam in eum rao- 
dum conftituunt,°quo porta: 
uenara cfEormari coUigicp di' 
(fi:ucft:aututradices ad arbo- 
ris caudicem pertincrc confpi- 
cimus.Nam caugrami,ac fiue 
nam perpofteriorem iccoris fe 
dcrcfla quodamodo dcorlum 
porrcclara,etduntaxaticcoris 
cuidamnnuiinnatamingrcde 
rcntur,cam conftituunt.Sunt 
autemlri duo infigniorcs ra- 
mi,proptcr iccoris clatiora,in 
anteriorem caua: fedcm,non 
autem latera,aut poftcriorcm 
fedcm , fubingrcdientcs , qui 
neuriqua cum uena; caujc am- 
plitudinc funt comparandi . 
imo fi non nimis anxie in Ga- 
leni ucrba mccum iuraucris, 
ncque tuis oculis fidera dcro- 
tieitd:tportittnculdinfinudt.ci£tcrichdrdt!leresdlio^Udiitddp- 
Tf ^E C figurd uena: cduec 
portionem octttis fuLtjcit , pofle 
riori iecoris fedi exporreifUvi. 
Jrldnclongd fetflione fecitnditm 
.pofleriorcm iteitd: fedem dutfld. 
dtjfeciu, dc dein d'flevdi, iit pro' 
pdginttmjordvtivd, ^itdt cdiu in' 
tecur dijfuiidit , dut ([uec cdttdm 
conJiituunt,incoiiJJie(flulnitenii 
rent . t — tttruiitt^; t_^pro- 
paginis ^iLdt d cdud in Jivjira 
iecoris fedevt diffemtndttir , ori' 
Jicitiiit, ipfdvt dniiipue propde 
ginevtnotdt.B ueroQ-Bpropdgivemindicdnh^ucc perdexerdm iecoiis fedc 
JJidrgitur.Cdutii CrC pdruds foholes infinudvt.^Ud: iecori etid d- cditd prd ter 
dttds vtdxim.tspropdgines,diJfiinduvtur.ffiliilenivt intereffe tielivt,dn propA 
gineshds ry foholes d iecore evdtds cdudin conflitueredicdm,dn tlcditd in ie' 
coris fuhfldvtidm dijfufds. Cicterilm Z) cdUtt utnde fedesnotdtur,^ud bic fe- 
ptuvi pervtedt, ipfiif; rdmos depromit. 
gaucris, proculdubio afleres 
ucnam cauara a corde dcorfum per iccoris poftcriora ferri , atquc ab liuius antcriori fc- 
de duas infignes ucnas pullulare,numero(a ferieiniccoris fubftantiam diftufas . Pra?tcr eas 
uenas quas caua,(imulatqucdcorfum a cordedcfcendens,iccorisfubftantia:adnafcitur,ie- 
cori offert, in reliquo ipfius pcr uifccris poftcriora dcfccnfu ( quifane brcuiftimus efl) par- 
uulos etiara Ipcdlabis ramulos ab antcriori caua; fcdeetiam in iccoris fubftanriam cxcurrcn- 
teSjCtinomnibushominibusnumcroneutiquampares.AtquchEcomnia fcdulohominem 
(ecanti, adeofuntobuia,utnuIlusnuncucna: cauajferiem fpcd:ans,nonmultomagispro- 
bauerit hanc, quod ad feriera , no autem fanguinis duclum attinct,oporterc acordeprimum 
delcribi^acdcmumipfiusadfuperiorainfcrioraqsducrtum cffcenarrandum.Scdquum con- 
cedam,fanguincm quiin caua paffim continctur,aiccorcconfici, uena: caua:ramorura diftri 
butionem a iecorequodaramodo aulpicatus fum,ac deinceps eamuena;partcm primum 
defcribam,qua:fupra iccur confiftit, non cam qua: ad partes iccorifubditas porrigitur : lon- 
geomnibusdecaua:ortupoftpofitisaltcrcationibus.Qiianquara intcrira fcdulo ftudiofos 
adhortor,utnulIis autorumfuffragiisfidcmdantes,ipfinonmod6hominisiccur, ucrumSi 
fimiarura&canum,quibusaliaiecorisformaaccidit,aliaq! ramorum a caua in iccur fcrics, 
accuratefccent,ac ucna: caua:iuxta iccur &corprogreffum cxaminent, dummodo inutili 
quoquc Anatomes partc delc<5entur. Quo autem id fieri debcat arrificio, partim in calce 
quinti libri,parrim&:infextilibrifine doccbitur, 
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