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DB HVMANI CORPORIS FABRICA LIBER III I. ;zp 
di't,candemreflcxusfcdcmnunquamfmTans:acproiiidcfi'iii(icrnmuistantifpcr ucrfuscor 
\fl"^i disbafimdefccndit,quoufquecxtracordisinuokicrumaricria:maon3ccontin"at^ truncum 
iR.ifi o. quidcorfumad{pinamcxplicatur.Atquchicmox"trcs,autctiam'pauciorcsaiicruocducun 
; efigii.Lb. turfurculi,qui ad arteria; truncum , qua is ad fpinam dcflcctitur rcuolutij inuiccm uniuiitur, 
' finiftrumq^recurrentcm ncruumconftituunt . qui furfuinpropcrans,mcmbranxbcncfici6 
afpera: arteris finiftro lateri attcnditur : ac cum primum laryngcm contingit , noii minus 
quamdextcrneruus in ramosdcriuatur,quiomncs in fuilatcris mufculos dcorfum capita 
habcntes ceflant. S unt autcm hi , fi utriufquc latcris mufculos iunxcris , ' quatiior , fccunda^ 
cartilagini tertiamnccT:cntcs,quorum bcncticio tcrtia cartilago rctrorfum atquc in larcra du- 
citur,&:laryngis°'lingulaadapcritur. Pra;tcrea"duotertiamcartilagincmprima-iungcntcs, 
quilaryngisrimulam,fculingulamclaudunt,acfolipropcmodumtunc cxpiradoniohftant, 
quum cgercntcs ui fpiritum rctincmus,ac interim quantum poflumus,ca?teris nnifculis cxpi- 
rationcmmolinnir.Hisprxteraliosnonnullosacceduntlingusc°mufculi,abonis " icfcrciv 
tismcdioutlinguammoucanl pronati.Quumenim pra?fentesmufculi infcriiis fua fortiun- 
tur capita,at9dcorfum ncceflario moucndii corpus attraifiuri crat,ncccflxim quocp cfTc crcdi 
mus,utanimalisfpiritusabinfcrioribuspartibusfurfumquodamodoipfisducerctur.Quod 
quantaindul^ria immcluscorporis noftriOpifexinhorumncruoriiconuolutioncmoIitus 
fucrit,&ficxipfadifl"edionc,&;fuccinftahacncruorumdiftributionis narrationc, &;illaqu3 
anteacxhibuimusiabuladignofccrepoflis:nihilo rainus Galcnum,qui hos ncruoruminfic 
xusomniumprimumabipfoinucntosmeritogloriatur,adcundum hortor. Qiiiin fcptimo 
dcPartium ufu, uerosDeo cclcbrat hymnos, magis^ attcntam rcquirit mcntcm, quam fi 
Elcufinia & Samothracia ,uclaliam quancuq; ccle 
brationediuina', arquisauribusaftans,intcntuscp 
rjs qua;fiuntdicunturqueafaccrdotibus,audias. 
lure cnim Galcnus fibi perfuadct,cclcbratione ini- 
bi traditam his nulla partc infcriorcm effe, ncque 
minusoftcndcrcincrcdibilcmlapicntiam & proui 
dentiam uirtutemqucomniumconditoris Dci. 
Porro fcxti paris ncruipoflquam rcuerfiuos cx.. 
prompfere,ac iam cordis bafim fpcdant , ramulos 
notatu dignajcraftiiudinis ' in pulmonu tunicam 
& mcmbrancum cordis inuolucrum difpergunt. 
Item a ramulis finiftram cordis iiiuolucrifcdcm im 
plicantibus,atque afiniftro fcxti paris ncruo dc- 
promptis,' furculus quidam cordis inuolucrum 
inibi pcrmeat, ubi id finiftro latcri ' artcrialis ucna; 
uniiur. Atque hicfurculus oppidoquamtenuis, 
&non nifiaccuratiiTime fcflioncm adminiftrandbus obuius,ipfiartcriaIiucna;adnafcitur, 
ciad finiftrum ipfius latus uerfus poftcriora tamcn magis exporrec5lus,in cordis bafim fcrtur, 
inibi mox in fobolcs capillorum modo gracillimas confumptus,accordis bafis fupcrficici uix 
proprius.QiiaautemrationciUum nimis quamicnucmncruulum adinucnias, adfexti libri 
calccm fcdulo cxequar, ibidem cordis ipfiq; fubminiftrantium organorum fec^tioncm pcrtra^ 
(fiaturus.Cartenjniquodcx ncruisfexdparis ' rcliquum cft, deorfum adftomachum dcfcr^ 
tunacdextcrqiiidcmdcxtroipfius attcnditurlatcri, finiftcrautcmfiniftro.Moxucroatque 
hincruiftomachomcmbrana' intcruentulaxcadneifluniur,finguli in binos parduntur ra- 
mos, adeoobliquefccundumftomachum conuolutos,utdextri ncruiramifiniftram ipfiusfc 
dem in progreflu obrineant,finiftriautem rami dcxiram fcdcm amplexcntur . Atqueita qua- 
R-runflui 
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tuorprscfeiites rami fcptum traafucrrum unacum" (lomacho pcrmeantjnuilos prorfus m feries innutri 
tranfgreiTurcpto furculos ofTcrcntes . Vcrum fparfa admodum fcric fuperius ucntnculi os ^■°^'^°rga.nd. 
"'ambiunt^contexuntq? ramos in priora&poftenora corpons ucntrkulifparoentcs, Ab ijs 
ramis qui dextrum huius ohficrj latus implicant propago utcunque inllgnis dcpromi^ 
tur,qua: per uentriculi fupcriora fccundum fpfius latitudincm infcrius ucntriculi orificium ac 
ceditjin progrcfiu antcriori pofterioricp iientriculifcdibus foboles quafdam diffundcns, 
QLmmueroilla propago infcrius orificium fuperauit, ucna^porta^inrtratainiccoris cauum 
" properatjibidcm in iecoris membranam tunicam ucabfumcnda. Dextri ncrui fcxti paris 
^ ramuSjqucmanterecurrcntiumncruorum principiacoflarum radicibus fub tunica coftas 
fuccingentcexporrigi,aliorum^neruorumperGoftarum interuallaexcurrcntium' cogrcfiu 
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