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cordti. 
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olinacd. 
Cordiiitdeps. 
;8S ANDREflE VESALTI BRVXELLENSIS 
cronis cordisabafieftdifcciTus,&qua:damcordisprodii(fli'o,quailla:moliunturfibra', quo' 
ties laxatisredis impcnfiiis arflanturcolligunturcpjhaud fccus quam fi priuscotracftum in py 
ramidc ilIafuiiiculumiamlaxes,acmanibusautalio circulo inmcdio pyramidisiuncos intror' 
fum comprimas.ita^illiuscauitatcmminuaSj&interim tamcnprocerioremrcddas.Nuncue 
ro qui obliquccfibrjcquicti pra:fint,hoceft aliquanti(pcr,proutcordis funflionibus ex uiu 
ccnlctur,fimul cum alijs fibris ad contcntas materias undiquaqucfe con trahant, imaginari no 
eft arduum;prxcipue fi diuerfos cordis pulfus in uiuo animali cxaminaucris.Quod lane faftu 
rusesiucundifiRmeca admimftratione,quam ftptimi libricalci (uelhuius tantumreigratia) 
fubiiciam;in quanon hacc mod6,uerum alia pleraque fpccfianda proponentur . Nunc autcm 
ad fibrasrcuerfi,easnonmotuumcordis duntaxat opificesentarbitrabimur.ucrumrce^as ad 
attraifi:ionem;,adexpulfioncmorbicularcs,adretcnfioncmucr6 obliquasconducereetiamno 
bisperfuafumcrit. Cxierumprxtercordis camem& fibras proprixipfius" uena:illiusfub, 
ftantiam cnutriciucs,& '" artcrix innatumfuxfubftantixca!orcmfoucntcs,hucctiamcnume- 
randxucniunt;ip(auideIicetcoronalis uena,&dua; coronalcsartcna^pcrcordis fubftantiam 
quafi mufculorum uafa diftributx. Qiiis ucro ucnxartcriarum quccoronalium fitortus Itv 
riescfjin tcrtiolibro abundccomplexi iumus.Quarecordis'ucruuio (crmoniquoqueaddito, 
ad cordis tunicam cft acccdcndum:ac cum quidcm ncruulum in quarto libro a liniftro fcxti pa 
riscerebri'' neruo dcpromirctulimus,quandoabillo,ubifiniftiilateris recurrentem ncruum 
conftituit,fobolcm dcriuari diximus,quxcordis inuolucribafim prnctrans ,& finiftro ' ucnx 
artcrialis latcri pofteriori^ ledi exporre(fla,in cordis bafini (oppido quam obfcure) pcrtinct, 
Vcrum cordis tunica illi mcmbrana: prorfus corrcfpondct,qua" mufculorum ucntribu s pcrti 
nacitcrobnafciturjtcnuiflimanimirummcmbranulaqua^amufculorumfubftantjadiuclli nC' 
quit.l:iufiTiodinanquecordisexcimxfuperficieiobducitur,cuiinhominibusprxcipuc adba 
fim diirioris adipis copiaobnafcitur : aliquiido pcr rcliquam cordis fupcrficicm ad mucrO' 
ncinufque,acidfcmpcrimprimisfecundum"ucnarum&artcriarripcr cordis corpus digixf' 
fum.illienim copiofioradipisportio(utiii "omciito &menibranis thoraccniinterfepicntibus 
accidcrcconfpicimus)atlcnditur.Intcgrumcnct&adcordisfubftantiarcferre° tresmembra 
nas ucnx caux,& ' duas artcricuenalis orificio prxfcflas,dcindc& '' auriculas,&' quatuor ip 
fius prxteridcircunuoluentesucnasartcrias^,uafa,nifinunc tempcftiuius forct,fingulafcor' 
fum priuatis Capitibus recenfcre.Pari quocp ratione& cordis ' os huc fpedtarc uidcrctur, nifi 
&idiii primo libroprolixius cflfcmus perfcquuti. 
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S EJ> r/ Af<-^ jlgura cr oBctua dextrum cordis uattriculum ctperfumpropommt, no 
fict utro C7' dtcima finiflruin.undecima atitem cor tranjiierjim dijjeclum ocuUs juhijcicm,utiitri 
culorum cordis naturcf oflcndcndar phrimiim iuuat. 
^ V o'n A M pacTto cordisuentrinilihominibus,acproinde&reliquisani 
malibus pulmoncm habcntibus conformentur, quocf conftcnt numero, 
nunc fubiungam, fcrmoncm a Galcni cum Ariftotelc in illorum iiumero 
difccptatioiieomnino cohibiturus.Humanumitaque cor intus duas infi' 
gniteramplas obtinetcauitates,fccundum cordis latcrafitas : undeetiam 
' unam uentriculum fiiium'ucdcxtrum , ' alteram fiiiiftrum mcrito nuncu 
pamus . Horumdexter finiftriamplitudiiicmuincit, amboque inuiceni 
Fomudcx, forma plurimumuariaiit. Dextcr nanque magis deorfum ad cordis " mucroneni ipfo finiftro 
rr/. dcfccndeiis , cauitatcm inftar crefccntislunx paratam adipifcitur:quandoquidem dextro ip' 
fius laterc,anterioriqi & poftcriori fede inftar interioris fcmicirculi, aut ita cxtruftx camcratx 
fcdis coiicaua eft,extcriori cordis inhis rcgionibus fuperficiei,qux gibba cft,refpondens:in fi, 
niftro autem latere cxternx fornicis aut fcmicirculi fcdis ritu(ut fic dicam)gibba ccrnitur,pro. 
ptcr cordis uentriculorum ' feptum (cmiorbis modo dextra ipfius fupcrficic in dextri iientricu 
liamplitudincinprotubcrantis, Atquchancformam dcxtcr cordisucntriculus abafiadmu- 
Formj.fi- croncmufqucferuat.fimulcumcordisefRgiccxlatioribafianguftiorredditus.Siniftcruentri' 
culus ampla ctiani bafi iiicipit, fenfiiii^ in anfluni ucriiis cordis inucronciii dcfinit, cauitatem 
inftar coni,quod ad totam fupa-ficiem fpccTtatjOrbiculai-cm obtiiiens . Cordis naiique ucntri' 
culorum feptum^'fihiftroipfiuslatere,quoflnifljiuentriculi dextrum latuscftormat,conca' 
uum. 
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