:J°4 ANDRnAE VESALII BRVXELLENSiS 
B E M E S E N T ER I O. Cap„t VI. 
MESENT EILiy M intcr ccetentsjiguras oHeitdit tindccima, mox decima cr 
■ dtiodecima , CT non ficrfiin^loric mgcfima(j^ii.-trta . uti cx illa nimjtgiirarum Indicihiis colli^ c-- 
rcprompttim c/l. 
O RP V s Grxcis (/trti/TijMp.&fiio-cc/jKsf; nunciipatiim,Gaza in Ariftotclis 
hiftoria de Animalibus lafles appcllauit . Ciccro autem in tcrtio dc Na- 
turaDcorumintcftinum aliquodita uocari arbitratus.mcdium intcfti, 
mimucrtit.-quodquumfalfumfitjncqjlaclcsidcm omnibus fignificcjit, 
& mcdianum rcccptaparum uoxuidcatur,a Grxcis no inopportune uo 
ccm mutuabor.Mcfcntcrium itaq; ad poftcriorcm intcftinoru fcdcm ' lo, " 
catum clf,uinculLim,cuiusbeneficio inteftinainuiccm utaddorlum eolli, 7 
ga,cnuir,tuturiun. Vtucroid tantrihominiufumlccLiriusprcftctjduramcmbrancaqi confiat 
Siilflamid. lubltantia.hx duabuscnimmutuoattcnfis&accumbentibusmcmbranisapcritona-o orioi, 6i4j;.F, 
SJ.a. 
Fcymddc _ 
ortM. quocp non cadem undecunqj mclcntcri) efligics.Quam forfitS Galcnus animaducrtcs,ctiam li 
Inli.Je Sec7, omniiio contiium mcfcntcrium fit,nihilo minus triamclcntcTia quodiTmodo rcccfuit.' unum c i. N 
a-mrurS. 1""^'^"' dcxtru, altcru ucro limltru, tcrtiuautmcciiuminnucns.Ac Lialenu quidcm mcdiuin " ^*- 
mclintcriu appcllarc arbitror mcfenierij partc,iciunum ileumcf intcftina dorfo colligante:quc i-fi^] 
angufto orta principio,in miram amplitudlnclatitudincmq; ducitur, ut omnibusiciuni ilci^ )•& 
intcftiniconnafccrcturanfraftibus.Dcxtrumucro&fimftrum appcllarcpocuit,quod colon ""M*.» 
intcftinum,&rcc7umdorlballigat,dcxtruiriquidcmindextriili-jregionc,fiiiiftruua-oinfini- ^''^' 
ftricollocans.Mcfcntcnjitaqiparsgracilibus intcftinispeculiaris.fiinilcomninocuininfcrio 
rimcmbranaomctifortiturcxortti.Ex^^niagiutcnim artcrix&ucnccauetunicis, quascanafa fi-fi',v 
fccundum uniucrfuin fuumpcr lumborum ucitcbras duduin aperitonrco obtincnt,mcmbra ^^" 
ncx fibrx admodii fi equcntcs cxurgunt,ftatim in dtias dcgencratcs mcmbranas, dcxtrx qui- ''^ 
<!cm in dcxtram,finiftra: au tcm in hniftram . Hilce mcmbranis mutuo adnexis,mcfenteri] pars 
giaciliainteftinattrfocolliganscftormatur: partcsautcmcolon&rccmmdorlo conneCieiv 
tcs,abillispcritona:iregionibuspiincipiumducunt,fccunduinquashccintcfljnaexporrigun 
tur,pcritonxofcinpcrfibrasquafdaqu.rin mclcntcrij mcmbranas degcnerent,illiccmittcntc, 
SvI.flSriattitc Neq; profcift6 mefentcrfj fubftatia in hoc folum quo ualidius intcftina dorfo adncclcrct, mcm 
^"""'iJuflm ^"'''-'^'^^^'"'^™'"'^'^'^'"^'^'^""^ '^"iufuamufusgratia,qLio''uenaso ''^«.(E 
ta,&' artcrixpropagincsamagnaartcriaadintcftinacxcurrctcstut6colligaret,acncillx-dum ^f^tf^i 
homofalitautcadit,contundantur&difriinip.intur,tut6fccurcq)admodtnnfuftiilciret.Gran ^.M.u/ii 
dior cnim ucnx portx truncus,qua mcfcntcrium iuxtarenum regioncm a dorfo pronafcitur, 
intcr duas mclcntcrij mcmbranas ducitur,artcria habcns comitcm,qux a magna artcria priuC 
quamhxcadrcncsramosdifpcrgat,inhocutinintcftinadiffiindattir,ori.oincmducit. Htic 
quoquc pcrtinguiit" duo nerui,utrinq; nimirum finguli,ab illis ]3ronati raniis, qui a fcxto ncr' k.,,^, 
uoruinccrcbriparicoftarumradicibuscxporriguntur. Adeoutingensis ucnx portx trun, ^A>'.^'Z 
cus,& diifta nupcr artcria cum duobus illis ncruis fimul incfcntcrij ' ccntrum fubcant,atquc in, '<o,../;.l,' 
tcrduasipfiusmcfeiitcriimutuo cohxrcntes mcmbranas ingrediantur,actut6poftmodum ^■'-ki' 
pcruniucrfimmcfcntcri) lcdemnumerofafobole ad inteftinapcrferantur . Atprxtcrcomme |l 
moratam artcriam , alia quxdam magnx arterix propago cam mefencerij partcin inorcditur, ' 
quxfubrcnum regionc adorfo principium obtinct. atquchuiuspropaginis '" cxortusp.au' '"«/i?«w 
lo fub fcminalium artcriarum principio a inagiia pcndet artcria. Vcnas autcin nullas prxtcr di 
clum nupcr ucnx portx truncum , mcfentcrium admittit . Ncque fatis aftcquor, quid Gale - 
'"'i^^ • ^ '^'J,'" a''!^'» a caua intcftinis ramos quofdam propagari commcmorat, quod fane faU 
filLmumcfte uel fcctio ipfa lucecIariustibidcinonftrabit:ctrinuIlaaIia,faltemillain quapoiv 
txuena,& quos dixi,artcrixramis tiinculo intcrceptis acrcfcdis, inteftina fimul cum mcliiv 
terio in uiuente adhuc animali a dorfo auclluntur. Hxc enim fiqtiis ell« uel capillaris ra, 
niufculi a caua uena ad intcftina cxortus, fanouincin tibi ex illo proflucntcm oftcndcrct. 
1 orroincanibusdupliccm mcfcntcrij mcmbranam adinucnirc non adeo promptuincft, 
quod illis macilcntius obtigci-it mcfcntcrium, cuiusmcmbranxinuiccmomni expartc(ni' 
fiqua uafa admittiint)perindcacfifimplici membrana mcfcntcriumconftaret, connatxui- 
funtur. 
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