ANDREAE VESALII,,, 
BRVXELLENSIS» DE HVMANI CORPO' 
RIS FABRICA LIBBR Q_VARTVS, NERVIS PROPRIVSj 
ac pcculiares ipfi figurasin Capitum quibus coiiue- 
niuntfi-ontecxhibcns. 
(XyiBVS CORTORIS -p ^ R T I B V S NER 
uinomcntribu^tur,nc qiiis proprii ncruus uocttur,^dcmumc[uidisJiti 
midcumipftusdiffcraitiazs^ufui Caput L 
bi.fi.cdp.i 
Ub. I F. cr 
lcLiIormnciicruauoucSjlub ncruorumno 
E R T I o libro ucnarum, fanguinem a iecore in unL 
ucrfumcorpusdcfcrcntium,&artcriarum qua; uita- 
lcm fpiritum fimul cum fanguine impctu dilFufo a cor, 
dc corporis partibus fobminiftrant , diftributionis lc- 
1 lem complcxus fum.nunc ucro proximum cfl.ncruo 
rum a ccrcbro animalcm Ipirimm mcmbris , qui illo 
adipforummuniaindigcntjdcduccntiumpropagauo 
ncm pcrfcqui,a gcnerali ncruorum diftcrcntia lum- 
pto lcrmonis cx-ordio . Diflcdiionis cnim proccres 
tupliccmncruorum diffcrcntiam (uti &antcaalicubi 
monuimus)ftatuunt,quandoquidcm'ligamcntisolTa 
mut uocolligatib us.ct non minimam mufculorii por, ti'£Ts"!pr„ 
tioncm conlbtucntibuSjncrui nomcn , pcrindcac uul' "IT'" 
cercliri 
gus,accommodant.Dcin tcndincs,8i uniucrfas mu- " 
dulU,. 
mincuiilgi quoquc ritu, compleduntur . Tcrtium ^e»™»» .ic 
pihm m autcm ncruorum gcnus enumcrant, quod nos in prarfcnti aggrcdiendum duximus . ' oraana 
"ws"'" "''^'^''^"'^'°"g^''"'^"3'™''^mqnntuscaLiitatcm,qua'fcnfu^tiignofciqucatJnfuimcdiofo Ore«,7r»rr 
c p4,m i„ ta , 8s: caluariam ucl dorfi ucrtcbras clabcntia,ac demum animalcm fpiritum a ccrcbro anima- l't^'7j,"' 
•.!/;.«... lisfacultatisfomitcadcorporispartesdcfcrcntia.Atquch; — im t.mcu- 
ai tt ccrcliTOf 
. . lUcna-corganadifrcdionumprofcflores p-"«m. 
f„„!C" r "°'^'"^ "'^" appendiccm pricipue dignantur. Qiiod a Gr.Tcisad nos dcmanauit,qui a 
fanaoncfcumunereunicuminftrumcntumduobus nominibus nuncuparijt,KfUg»pidai/«i;ai/, 
& Tiniiirmaif appellantcs, quod uidelicct mufculi ncruorum potifljmum opc & nutare & tcn' 
dcrc Lialeant.quippcquod nulla corporis particula ncqtic motum arbitrarium, & qui e noftra 
pendet uoluntatc.ncquc fenfum fine ncruo nancifcatur,ac quod ncruo prxcifo.aut laqucis in, 
icrccpto,autalidquin corrupto comprcfljjueimmobilis confcftiminfcnfibiliscij pars ciiadat, 
omnibus concefliim eft Auatomes profeflforibus . Qiiod autcm cerebrum ncruorum , ficut 
&: dorfalis mcdullx , origo ac principium fit, quod qucncrui partim cx ccrebro, partim a 
dorfali medulla oriantur.mmime ommbus notum exploratumq! fuit. Ali-j enim cor ncriiorum 
pofucrutprincipium,nonnulli duram qux ccrcbrum inucftitmcmbranam, nullusintcrim ic- 
cur,aut aliudcius gcncris uifcus. Vcrum Hippocratcs,&quu iam icnio conficercturErafiftra 
tus, Lycus, Andrcas , Marinus , Hcrophilus , & Galcnus diflcdionis procerum facilc prima- 
rius,ca;tcricp Anatomicorum prxcipui,ex his quxin corporum refeftioncconfpiciuntur , uc- 
nnimeancrunt,ccrcbrumneruorumcfleinitium:&pra:tcreancruosabiIIo fpiritum aniina- 
lem afliimcrc^atquc adeas partes qua; illo aut ad lcnfiim aliqucm , atit motum arbitrariuin in - 
digcnt,dcriuarc , eft quoque fatendum . A corde cnim ncruos ( ut Ariftotcli potiflimum , & 
ali^s no paucis uifum eft)neutiquam principiir duccrc, ucl hinc liquido coIligitur,qu6d in cor- 
poris diflcflionc nullus ncruus ab illo pronafci uidcatur.Quandoquidemnullus omnino ncr- 
atn: ^ "''^ inLicntum.qucm fiinftcr fexti paris ncruorum ccrcbri ncruus diftribuerc fuo loco doccbi 
tur.Quacnimncruusillcfccundumliniftrumcordislatus dccliuis fertur,atque finiftrarput 
. . momsparti.acitemcordisinuolucroramulculos pra^tcnucs offert,' ncruum^ rccurrcntcm 
l'^ ' finiftrum coll:ituit,a lcncruulum dcducit,quiilliccordis inuolucrum pcnetrat, ubi 'fiiiiftrxar 
fcittf.fy.l terialisuena;fcdiadnafcitur.NcruLilushicartcrialiucna;adnatus,incordisbafimfcrtur,inibi 
abfumptusjubi finiftra pofteriorqj arterialis ucna: fcdcs confiftit.Quum ita^ huiufmodi nciv 
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