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ANDREAE VESALli BRVXELLENSIS 
amplituclinc intdrdiim xqualcs, nonnunquam ucro una ca^tcris ampliori. ° Prima (quam fic^ " Z- 
qucntillimejac potiffimum in hominibus dccffc rcperics ) pcnitius obliqua dcorUim ad mc- 
dium flcxus cubiti articuli dcfcrtur;,atquc fub mufculorum fccundos tcrtios quc digitorum p , nm':. u. 
articulos fle<flcntium , hincq; ab humcro & ulnaorigincm fumcntium capitibus in aliquot ra, e.eu.s, ,. 
mos diCTcfta ccflat.non autcra uti Galenus fcribit,alicui' axillaris uenxramo(qucmadmodum r m j.at : 
' ca quam nunc perfequar^commifcctur.^Vt enim Galcnum axillaris ucnxportioncm fub inU' 
'^umfiOiZe. fculisreconditamminusretftedclcripfifltobfcruabisjitaetiam primx huius humerarix pro^ 
o-li-ideAd, paginis^liquandohxcuntluamccrnitur^feriemnoncftaflcquutus.^Vtifaneadmodum con- 
o mi.fiSio. uerccp eas dcfcripfit uenas,qux citra fcctioncm in nudato,ut in ucr.x fciftione fit,brachio 
plurimiim & frequentcr illi occurrcrunt. ' Secundus itaqihumcrarix ramus , qucm cum ali)s ( fc. 
duobus paulo fupra cubiti articulum dcriuat,cxteris plcrunquc craffior exiftit, & obliquus » 
quoquciubcuteadcubiticumhumcro articuliflcxusmedium dcfccndit,ac cum axillarisuc' 
nx" ramcqucinpoftmodumcommemorabojCOit.^unaqjcxambobusramiSjhumcrarixm ut. 
mirum&^axillarisucnaccnflatur. ' Tcrtiushumerarixramus, 'mufculijquiradioiuxtabra- J 
chialcinfernis,radi] infupinumotusautoreft,confcendit:&;paulatim deorfumprorcpcs,obli ^ ^ ^^^^^^^ ^ 
quusperradiumiuxta medium ipfius longitudinis in extcrnam cubiti regioncm perfcrtur, 
quara ubi attigit , ut in rcliquo fupcr commemoratum nuper mufculura duclu," furculos quol ' 
daniinproxiraamfibicutcmdcpromit,quorum non' infimuscfrcfolet,qui ab ipfo cduci- i-J"f'ii«! i 
tur ', qua humeraria iri tres illos raraos iuxta cxtcrnum huracri tubcrculum diftcinditur . Cx^ 
terum tcrtius hic ramus fcnfim oblique ucrfus ulnx appcndiccm , brachialis'que radiccm 
prorepcns , tandcm ' altcri cuipiam inibi ' commifcetur ucnx , hac que adauflus cxternam d y,x. 
brachialis fcdem confccndit.&in aliquoc furculos errabundo dutT:u fparfos difIciflus,regionc ' '■ 
intcrcurrit,qux ante paruum digitum & anularcm habctur, cxtcrnaetiara illorum digitorum 
fcdc fobolcs quafdi fibi uendicantc.Cuius ucro uenx propago illa demu fit,quam tcrtio hume 
rarixramo uniri iam fcripfimus,fubiungam , ubi primum aliquot axillaris uenx propagines 
abfoluero.quippcabaxillarisramofubcutcpcrtotamulnxlongitudinem cxporrefco , illius 
Axilkrn in propaginis initiumpcndct. Axillaris itaquc, ' quumprimum axillara fupcrat ,brachium'quc 
Irdclito cimfi' fubingredicur,intcr mulculos brachi] os amplcxantcs delitcfcit , prxcipue ucrb intcr antcrio- 
jhuisftnei. fcdcm primi fcu intcrioris cubiium extcndentis.&poftcriorem fcdcra tcndinis " mufcu- g t,i! m«f.i 
li.quobrachiumpcclori admouctur,&dciniuxta cubitumfleftcntiuni mufculorum 'poftc- '^^■'^'^^ ^ 
riorcm. Hxcprimumcapitibus'" mufculorum, quorumopc cubitus cxtcnditur " propagi- , g,^,',.' 
ncm oflicrt,illis ° uenulis e regionc cduflam , qux ab axillari in glandulas hic rcpofitas digc w n t.(,e,f. 
runtur. Pofthanc.feddemiffiuSjexpoftcrioriipfiusfcdc^ucnamrjfdcmmufculisdifpenrat.a '^-^^ ^ 
quamcdiocriseci.ammagnicudinisfobolcsinextcrnxbrachfi fcdiscutcm difleminantur . Ab „ 
cxternolatcreaxillarisucnx, alia notatudignxaraplitudinispropago diflTundiwrjoblique po. 
deorfurafubhumcroad ' cxternuraufqucipfius tuberculumdcfcendcns,acfub ' mufculiscu 9 P- 
bittiracxtcndcntibusoccultata, ' mufculorum^capitibusabcxtcrno humcri tuba-c prona- Jj^jJ 
fccntibus , ramulos quofdara cxhibcns,ac dcmum aliquoufcp in extcrnam cubiti fcdcm prorc- s 5 mf.tt. 
pens,fimul cum " ncruo cjucm brachium pctcntium opportunc quartum enumcrabo.Has pro ^■'•^^. 
pagines axillarisadhucinaltolatitanscdit,ipfaq;in ' duostruncosdiflcinditur, quosfaneac y^^e.A.' 
curatiflimeexaminatos uclim.non tancum Galeninomine, querahxcaxillaris diuifio lacuic, » ^.c* 
fed corum quocj; qui feopcrxprcciura aliquod in AnaComc arbicrancurprxftitifrc,dutnfc<ftio ■• 
nem fcinel acque itcrura aggrcffi^fimul cura axillari ucna humcrariam porrigi , fe animaducr- ^ m 5 cri'. 
tiflcfcribunc,ofcicanccrhumcrariara(quxcciamuelancefcftioneranociniraa efl!edcbuic) una 
cumcarncamembranaabrachioaufcrcnccs,& poftinodum '' alceram axillaris ucnxparccm yq,qtjiii 
Pr^cipiucLx (quam modo per(equar)humcrarix loco dclcribcnccs. Axillaris icatj hominis ucna non pro' ti.}i.j.f. 
lUdris ih duos culabipfiusechoracis cauicaccin axillam cgrcffiu,in duos quodammodo pares difficinclicur ^''■"P'" 
"'"'"'tuJo truncos,quorumalccrinceriijsacqj in proftindo coco dudu fubmcrgicur.ac" arcerixinma- .^.«.ii 
num cxporrefcx pcrpeciio accenfus.cadcm fcre cum ca diftribucionis leric digcritur, fimul etia i'l>.^ 
" ncruobrachiumadeuntiumtertioconcomitatus.Inter" duos cniin cubitum fleflcntcs rau- J',,,'^^™^^ 
fculos dcorfuin ad mcdiam fcdem flcxus articuli cubiti porrigitur,iHis mufculis , & dein mcm- , 
branisquibusneruiinduuntunamulosfpargcns, Quando auccm cubici articulum fupera- cPrtc/Jn 
uit,atcf intcrmuiculos digitorum flcxus autores in alto rcconditus lcrri incipit, in duos diri' ''^1"" 
initurraraos,quimodiceabinuiccmrcccdentcs,acmufculos quos pciTcptant furculis impli- d^rmfa 
canteSjUna cum tendinibus intern.i fummx manus (cde pctunt, qui per " ligamcntilin intcrna td.i, 
brachialisregioncanulimodoconfpicuuraporriguntur, Raraiinibi in alias fobolcs partiti ^*,'*J-JJ 
fub ' tcndincferuntur.quilatcfcciisuolxcutifubnafcitur jatquehinc ita in intcrnam digitc „. 
