DE HVMANI CORPORIS FABRICA LIBER V. '^47 
flu«fs,priufquJparit,iamdiiiadhuncmod5indpit.AntequamuIicrco 
m:ji fit a:tatis/an^uis illc fingulis mefibus profluiticxquo fcetus,ubi mulier coccpcrit, alimen 
I ij/:j.n,5. jun^ allicit. Cjcterum ' uena: in didcm ad utcri latera confi ta;, tam lata;, tamcp proli.xx frcquen- 
.tesei!,acfanguineturgida:funt,utefiormatumiam fcctum,&augmctoduntaxatindiCTcntem 
tcmporisfuccefruaftatimenutrianr,&:nonnihilfempcrriipcrfluicolIigant:quodmilUcolle, 
clum.alioregurgitat, rcgionemqua:-rcns,inquemcommodctranfmigrct.Commodaautem 
mlfcTtlb. '"^S"^ '^'^'^ hoc famulantc Natura, & pcculiari indita ipfis ui) ucnx' fccundum rcdos 
j,r,f. abdominis mufculos furfum confcendcntcs,& ad illas accedcntcs,qux fub pcfloris ofle dcor 
fumcxcurrunt.illa:nanque &umfanguineminhasdeponunt,&lacmcnfibus(utdiuinusaie 
bat Hippocrates) germanum efficiunt. Qaod autcm,ut Galcnus aflerit,utcri ucn;\? in quo fu- 
pcrfluum id rcponcrcnt,nulIamcommodiorem rcgioncm habcant,falfum cft,nili diuiiix cui- 
dam ac pcciiliari operationi tantum munus afcribamus. Vcnir cnim qua: in crus pci-tiiient am 
pliores, OC rc<fia: magis dcoriumcp protcnfa; funt:autetiam ut intcrconccptionisinitia,auc 
quummulicriitcrum nongcrit,perutcri uenas languis isabundansmcnftruarumpur"atio- 
nummodocmuercpoflet. Et adhucminusueritaticonfoiiumcft,ucntns inutcroccrennbus 
molcmcomprimcndoad fanguinisillius ad mamillas influxum quicquam auxiliari.namlu- 
1 ctilcntifrimercfliabdominismulculi,dumfoctarcfcindiniusanimalia,comprefli,admodum^ 
latiorcsrcdditi,mirumNatura: opus nos exofcularicogunt, quofurfum fiuc pcrucnascuti 
proximefubditas,fiuc casqua:rc(liscxporrigijiurmulculis,ci-al1IorillcranguispcrcompreC- 
fas anguftascp uenas, &etiamplusquamnon prxgnantcmulicrc inflcxas tanta copia rcaur- 
' gitat. Ac inhuiic modumde mamillarumufu icrmo plusfatiscxcrcfccrct:quodncfiat,nunc 
opportunum eritomniumquxhoclibropcrflrinximus organorumdilTccfioncmquamac/ 
curatiflime fubiungcrc. 
^cdi comisni.tt,^ priucitimomniwiu^utf hoc libro coinm -morMtu-i' 
partiumadmintslntndimtio. Caput IJ^. 
O C Caput,acdcinpoftremumfexti libri,&poftinodumfeptimipenul 
timum lubcns itaaccomodarcm,ut fiiigula capitacorum organoru qux 
fuislibris traciantur lecandi artificium ficpcrlequcrcntur, ac fi quis h.cc 
duntaxat in aliquocorporcintucri,autalr)s commoftrarc picpofuiftct» 
Dcinde ea Capitaita uclim dcfcripta^ut fi fimul ncxa fingercntur, inftar li 
bricuiufdamcflent uniucrfumfccandi artificium coiTiplcflctis:quo quis 
probein Anatomc ucrfatus, apud ftudiofosinpublica fci^ione utipoC 
fit.Qtianquamcnimpriuatain&intcrpaucoscxhibitamfcif}ioncm,publiccprxfcrcndamnc^ 
mo ainbigat,quum tamen omnibus no fuppctat corporum copia.multoq! minus pcritior ali, 
qais.qui ad cuiufquc uota fcdioncm aggi cdcretiir, in promptu fcmpcr fit, publicam quoque 
fcctionem a ftudiolis fummopercexpctcndam duco,ut ipfi ucl obiter in ea Ipedatorum turba 
edofti,fi quando in cadaucr incidant, proprijs manibus adminiftrationcm accuratcobcanti 
&ftudiainuiccm conferentcs,hancmcdicinx fcunaturalisphilofophixpartcmdcbiteample 
xentunidcp potifl^mum in noftra huius feculi fcvlicitatc, quando unacum cxteris difciplinisi 
A!iatomcprorfusfopita,eoufcjpromouerit,utomniaquxhocoperepcrfequor,una cadcmcp 
hyeme&Paiauij & BononixineafpccSantiufrcqucniiaadeummodum nonlcmclaCTorefrus 
fim.quo prxicnics fcpiem librosdigcffi. Primtim enim adhibids ftudioforum & meaopcra Orjo,;,^ 
uariorum hominum fcnum ac iuucnum, mulicrum & uirorum oftlbus ,compacf is & diftolu. '•^■'umdoctn, 
tis, fimulcumfimiarum & canum,aliquotq!aliorumanimaliuoffibus,Galeni librumdeOt du/"""^ 
iibusadcos quiintroducuntur,prxlcgi, acoffium cartilaginumcp, fcucorumquxfulcrimo, 
do humanam fabricam fuftincnt, ac qux reliqua dcfcribuntur cognitioncm una abfolui. mox 
omniummulculorum&ligamentoruparitcr,acomniumquxfecundopcrtra<^antiirlibro,fa 
bricam perfecutus fum : priori lcclione ftiudiofbs admoncns, quonam loco Galcnus cos quos 
fequcntile>.'iioneoftcnfuriis eram mufculosdefcriberet.atque quum longius duxiftem Galeni 
ucrba prxlcgcre,anie lcctionem^ipfius fentcntia (cmperreccnfiii.acpoftmodum hominem & 
canem,&,quum obtigii,fimiam in omniir prxlcntia fecui,fcdul6 omnia uti a me dclcribun tur 
commonftriis.AbfoIutamufculoruhiftoria,incodemcorporcinquo illos adminiftraueram, 
uilccra,&quxuulg6in tribus uentribuscotincridicimus, obiteroftendi : fpcdatoruanimos 
aduenarum,artcriarum & ncruorum difciplinamhac rationcparans, quaantemufculorum 
dotfirinam oflaaggredior.ut fcilicct ucnas pofbnodum, artcrias & iicruos commodius in alio 
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