DE HVMANI CORPORIS FABRICA LIBER V. 529 
' ' t/i h' '""^"'■^ ad eam ufcp partcm nedlentia,qua primum pcnis orbiculatim cute obtcgitnr. ' Mufcu 
i,K,L.' qnatuor pencm adcuntes,in fccundo libro defcripti fu]u:dum duos meatuiuriiix.fcminiscp. 
&fingijlos fingaliscorporibusc.Kporrigirecenfuimus.Adcoutnihildcpenisfabricamodb 
mfrT '^*'^'^'^''^'" '"Pa''if qnis Naturamlaudare uclit,quod nullum adipem^intcr carncam mcm 
• branam & cutem pcni obduflas interieccrit, quo tenuius , &conuolui implicari^ & cxtcndi 
aptius inuolucrum peniadapiaretur.Si itaqs humanu pencmrcfecueris.non unum concauura 
repcries ncruum,aut ligamentum apubis oiTc cnatum, quemadmodum Galcnus docuit, fcd I-''' '!-^' V- 
duoquajdefcripficorporaiquxnouacua&fanguincindiga.utGalcnus boum pencdelufus 
male fcribii, cxiftunt, fed fungofa illa;& ucluti carnca, uti Ariftoteles rccleinnuit, matcria,& LiUJ,Hi, 
f pltirimonigricantefanguineinflarfarciminumimplctur.Deindeadfcminisurinxqimcatum flo^-cp.n. 
; alrj non exporriguntur mufculi,quam duo illi quos a refli inteflini orbiculari mufculo prona- 
fcioftend 
imus.At Arabesadhucmagisadmiror,quitrcsinpcnefinxcrcmcatus unuquidcm 
urina; dieatum,fccundum fcmini, tcrtium autem iUi uifcido humori, qucm ab illo olandulofo 
corporeparariarbiiramur,quodueficxccruicisinitiocircumnafcitur,quiq)huma5lupencm 
rubindcreddituiroimpenfiuscocubitumappctctc,quijintcrimhisomnibusunusextruatur 
meatus. Verum facile exiftimo hanc fcntenti.i primum ab Arabe quopia fuiflc inucirt5,qui pc^ 
"%w' "'^ aggrcftuSjCiuscp fabricaiu Galcni placitis non conucnire aiiimaducrtcns',' ircs ar 
*'e,e,'g bitratus fit eftx pcnis mcatus.duo qtiae dixi corpora, & mcatum fcmini urina;^, & diflo ctiam 
nupcr humori communcm. Quandoquidcm fi tranfuerfim pcncm rcfecas, nc^ nioricantcm 
quiinter fccandumproirianat fanguinem abflcrgis^profcclofingulacorporafinoulimeatus 
tibi apparet,quibijs tcrtius acccdit qui ucremcatus cfl. At exprclTb abftcrfo^ fan(Hiinc,funoo 
lacorporumfeoftert fubftantia,lcui ncgotioprobans corporaillamcatusnonefTc.Vtcuncp 
tamen fit,hic Patauij adolefccns iuris ftudiofus, acenobili Symionum apud Foroiulicnfcs fa 
milianatus,mihi familiaris eft,qui in glandis apice duos obtinet mcatus.unum femini,altcrum 
urinrcparatij.Vcrum quum quxnon nifirariftimcaccidunt, Mcncquaquamrcccnfendadu. 
xerim,ca qua; prxtcr naturam (e haberccompcri, no lubcns fcribo. Quarc ctiam hcrmaphro 
dytorum fpccics,quas aliquot uidi\,mod6 nonrecenico,gcnerationis non monftruofxmulie- 
ris organa nunc pcrlcquuturus, 
BE VTERO RELIQVIS-QVE MVLIE- 
bribuigattrdtionijinniUntibusorgMis. Caput 
.. ? R ESENTIBVS organis oflendendis feriatimjiciunt uigefimaipiar^ 
ta fi^iira cr iiiQ-cfim.i ijiiinta^duiCip ilLisJiibfiqiicntes,utiiUariim Indices diffufc docutrunt, 
N T E omniautcrum(ncmoxintcrinitiaaliorumdiflcifJioiusprofc(Tb- f^tmmfl,,, 
rum dogmatum turbis obruamur)in ' fundum & ccruiccm fcu collum cr 
pcrindcacucfic.jmcritodiftinguimusrquandoquide & fi illisambobus 
ceruice uidelicct & fundo utcrus coftiiuatur,unumc|5 cx illis corpus con- 
lurgat,ea lamcn fitu,forma,magnitudinc, conftruflionc,fubftantia,ua' 
oruminfcrtionc,&cxortibus,implantationibus,ligametis,&id ocnus 
aliis,in utcri hiftoria diligcnter fpcdandis, admodum diflerunt. Ccruix j^^rriKtus 
cuh.jig. li. igitur utcri a mulieris pudcndo rccfla furfum fub pubis ' oflibus, & fccundum '' rcdi inteftini pdmmftci 
^ i-jigm duduminpcritonxicauitatcm tantifpcraiccndit,donecpauIo demiflius quamedircftofcdis "«•^ 
ci mujai pcrtingat, quaapubis oflibus reclorum abdominis mufculorum 'principiapcndcnt. inibi 
u.n.omu- cnim ccruixinfundumuteri,autfundusipfeinccruicedefinit,&rariflimealtiusprotenditur, 
f-4/i'ifs '"^P''°i'i''<^humiliorfundiparshichabetur:fupcriorisucrbipfiuspartis,&latcrumfcdespro 
inLdtii- magni wdinc ipfius uariant. Quanto cnim maior magisq; diften tus eft utcrus, tan to elatius ad 
iiimt. umbilicircgioneprotcnditur,atqucadiliamagisaccedit.Adebutnullampcculiarcipfifcdcni 
circumfcribcre qucam,nifi qubd fub pcritongi antcriori parte clatius quam pubis lunt ofla ple 
uttimi- '"i-"'"? confccndat.ln nullis tamen omnino mulicribus utero non gcrcntibus, fundus lacrioflis 
rara jig. U. ^ initium infimx lumborum ucrtcbrx coarticulatum fupcrat,ncqj in illis fundus & ccruix po 
1 H. fteriori parte aliud prxtcr rcifium intelTiniJ tanguntjUix^ ipfiusctiam uincuni amplitudincmj 
Hfi.iuMi ncque elatiflima fundipars tam alte atcp refli intcflini " lcdes,in coli anfrartus duifia prorcpit, 
i !4 K^T^i '^'^'^'^''i^'' utcripars uefic.a habct ' prxtenfam,atquc hac utcro no gcreniibus uniuerfus fundus 
f cr L, rtif obtcgitur,ucfica nimirum altius rllo proccdcntc. Nunquam cnim in mulicre uterum 110 gercn 
iji.tfupcT 1, tc, hunc tam alte aK^ ueficam uel prorfus inanitam,confcenda-e animaducrti, nifi foriaflis utc. 
ruinmanuapprehenfumipfiusproduflaceriiicefurlumirahaem.Proutenimhancinfelaxa 
y tam 
