DE HVHANI CORPORIS FABRICA LIBER V. yij 
oftf ■"' ^^^^^^^^f^"'^ modicedecli.ians,' obloiigo quafi & cra(Tiufculo tubcrc cxoritur, ac fcnf?m 
"'^ ^'.'x! "bliqueuerfus dcxtrum latus proteufa, pcriionixrocjj fuflulta deorfunTfcnur.Siniflri icftis " ue 
nanon a cauicaudice principium mutuatur,at clatiusmulto quamdextra cnafcens, exue, 
na;finiftroreniexporreaa;humiliorifcdeorigincmhabct.AtqucinlnmcmodumplcrIjnque 
famfdx "<^"^''"'" cernitur.uerum quandoq;,fedrarius,a finiftro caua: caudicislatere" rxmulum 
■ cxporrigi confpicies , qui deorfum ad finiftra rcpens, finiftra: fcminali uenx comr.iifcctur,ac 
yspri34f»r cumillacoit.Galcnus'' idcm & dcxtrxfcmiiiali uenaialiquandocotigiflc tcftatur, qiiodfcili 
ifM^iiil '^" ^ dcxtri rcnis ucna egrediens furculus,deorfum protendcrctur , &: uenx cornmVccretur a 
fau,^d c, ""^ caudice principium exigen ti. At nefcio quid Promethcis in mcntcm ucncnt.qui fuis fom 
pod wifce nrjs homincm in cathedra fingentcs, dextram fcminalem uenam a dextri rcnis ucna, finiftrum 
tnri.. uerbexcaux caudicc toties cnafci doccnt, quoties finiftcr rcn dextro clatiorcm fcdem occi> 
pat:quafi uero dcxtra uena non dcmilTius multo,quam renum ucna-,initium duceret : & quia 
plcruncp dcxtrirenis uena nimis elataclTct, teftis dextri ucnaa caux caudice dcriuarctur. Nos 
crebro cum rcnum obfcruauinius fitum, fcd dcxtri teftis uenx aliud principium fcmel dunta- 
xat,quamuis tunc utriufque lateris fcminalcs uenx a rcnum ucnis principium duccbanr.Por- 
ro fcminaies uenx,ad huiicinodum dcorfum protcnfcpcritonxo fibrofis ncxibus qui in alte 
ram earum dcgenerant tunicam committijtur,coniuges arterias fortitx.^Vtrxcti enim arteria; 
Zii ^"''"''"'^ 1"^'" dcxtrum teftein petcntis uenx principium confiftitedircifio, & fibiproxima: 
« cdimmr '^^d'^"0'"'santcrioris'uemagnxartcrix(cdismcdio'promuntur,acdextra quidemcauxuc- 
fiibuabl,. nx caudicem(quodparum aGalciioanimaducrfummiror) confcendciis,dcorfum oblique 
»zvifi.h. ad dt-xtri teftis ueiiam propcrat. Siniftraucro fui latcris ucnam acccdcns,non fcmcl iiiihi dcfu- 
iffe uifi cft,fiml tri teftis uciia folito tunc longeampliori. Ab artcria ucro finiftro rcni commu, 
nicata illam cnafci ,uix unquain occurrii : quaiiqua id in terdum accidcrc poflc.no co inficias, 
quodtanicncicbrmsparucnaruiTi_S:artcriarumtcftcspetentium(utipanim Galcnus docct) 
oblcructur exortus,ncquaquam coccfiero. Dexirauena & artcria(idciii de latcris finiftri uafis ^ju/!^ 
fubaudito)fcfeinuiccmcontiiigcntcs,pcritonxoutidicebaincumbunt,&ipfifibrol^smeni^ ■/<.t?m. 
"iip*' l"'="i<^'5'"<; ucxibus alligatx, decliuesqs in dcxtrum protcnfx,'' fupcr urinarifi mcatu cx dcxtro 
C2z,2,ji.f. '■'^'1'= urinani ucficx detcrentc ducuniur,pcrilonxo in progrcfiTu ' lenucs ac pcrquam graciles 
d simfcul. fjrculosdiftandentes.QLiumprimumucrouafahxcadpubisufqucolTisfcdcm pcrumcrint, 
qiu leptimus lcmur moucniiummufculus fupra coxendicis os dcorfum ucrfus minorcm 
fL'« i??' ^'^"lO'''^ proccfifum fcrtur, illa pcritoiixum iuxta iiitcrnum cius mufculi latus' pcrnicant, &cx 
'""gTw' ''"g'^* peritonxi amplitudiiie procidcnlia in ' cxterius tefti pcculiariu iiiuoliicrum quod hic 
f pcritonxo ducit priiicipiu, pcrtingut,una cum ncruulo ad tcftcs ufqj produfro,qui iiitcrdii 
ton + 46. alextiparis ncruoru ccrcbri propaginc coftaruradicibuscxporrccfta ' diducit,"in!cTdil ucro 
h.rcT^l ^ "'§5^'''"° P"'"''"'^ fpinalis medullx iieruorupari , Porro peritoiixi ' foramcn uafa cum ncruo 
lit.4iW. tranlmittensnonitapatet,acfiquis ori pennaminderct,autcadcin charta hancpcrtundcrct, 
49- lcdperitonxumexacftiirime uaforumlaieribus,ipfarumcji lunicx,quaiii in progrcfi^liadhucin 
{'rtJiui. '"^S"^ ''pfius cauitate uafis cxporrigit.conafcinir.tuto ipfa n5 fecus tranfmittf^ quam fcptum 
,a.r.f. q"'bus id lucciiigitur membranx ftomacho & ucnx caux 'uiam ofterut.Simulatq; uero ua 
D«fl; )mc fa illud peritonxi foramcn fuperarunt, ex dextro quod,imodo latere rurfus oblique dcorfum 
Tau-'t° ''"''^''^ a'' '^'^'^'^" "^i^ftis elatiorcm fcdcm' ducuniur,artcria non amplius uenx duntaxai,ut in 
(rs j»l h- ''<^''q"o procciru,accumbit, fibrisqi mcmbrancis laiitum "' concaitur,fed uaria quadam pccu, 
m olKdit. liariqj rationc uena cum artcria" coit,&ambx iiiuicem comifccntur," corpuscp unum pyrami- f'"^ cu?„dT 
•n2..fig., disanteriuspoftcriusq;deprenxinftarefforinat,cuius'quidcmconuiTiuafaubiprimriinmcc 
Ps^f^iiif^^eiitTcfl^ciunt.bafimucroeafcdcquaclatiorireftisparficomittuntur.Pcruniucrfum 
j«, 2,fi.i hoc corpus ramorjj myriadcs inuicc complexi obfcruatur,noii quidcm omncs re>fia dcorfum 
' ticid P'''^'^'^'^^''^^'''^'' =''''1 partim refla, panim orbiculatim, partim trafucrfim , alrj alio modo iiiuice 
' d',1«n ''"P'''=*'''^PP3''^'-''^P°''''^'k9cft.ui''amdudTusfcriemunum'ueordineinibianiniaducrtcre. 
'ido. Ncqj ciiam,quodaIrjs traditum eftrclcflionis profcfroribus,hicexpedcreualco,quo'naiTi pa- 
clo maiorc dexiri latcris quam finiftri uaforir implcxum ficri nugcimir, quu inihi hacexparte 
uaforum nullum coiifpiciatur difcrimcn^&aliundeprofcfto quain a maiori illo minori ucini 
plexu mafculoruin fccminarumcp pendetprocreatio. Porro quum tot ramorum in mcmbra- 
naillaquam peritonxu uafis inibi offcrt^qua illi fibrofis nexibus hxrent, iniplcxus fiant, cor- 
pusidnidumcrucisuidcliceiauilumbricisoppletumreferreuidetur,autetiainfcnioris rufti. 
ci,autbaiu!i furx,tcmporum'ue cuicmuaricibus turgidam. Vtenim multifariam in illaucnx 
inxqualitcr extubcrantcs crrabundo ducfTufcruntur, iia quoqj in hoc quod narramus corpo- 
rc,uenx lcminalis acartcrix innumcrxfobolcsobcrrant.pcrquarararoenimaccidii,uariccs 
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