■primolihro 
fi&S. 
Sya BNDREftE VESALII BRVXELLENSIS 
dcam.Nonfanecluaficryrtallinu humorcm praccipuu uifusinftrumcntuclle, &rutliicalatur 
uitriimproducij&huiusgratiaoculi reliquas partcs cftormatasene,qucmadmoduGaIcnus 
iu dccimo de Partiii ulii difFufe pcrlcquitur,comcmorare, aut hic prolixe etia fcribcrenequire: 
fcd quod mihi certo qui uifus fiai, no conftct, hincqj rcliquaoculi coftrudio depedcat, quodcp 
potillimum de huiufinodi philofophoru & niedicorjj cotroucrffj s priuatim quecda aliquado 
mihi fcribcnda duxerim,pra:fcnti laboread iuftam molcm pcrduflo. 
DE ^VDIT V S INSTRVMENTO, 
Caput XV. 
V AE dcaudltusorgani fabricamod6enarrandac{rent,fuperiusinprlmo 
libro ita cxplicui : atqucinpra:fcntia, fi inibi nihil commcmoratumfuiflct, 
capertraftarem.ln odauo cnimprimilibri Capitc ' cauitatcm aiiditusor- 
ganigratia incaluaria exfculptam,paratamcp,&dcindehuiusconcauitatis 
foramina membranas & ofTicuIa rccenfui. In decimo fcxto autcm eiufdcni 
I ibri Capitc,auris cartilaginum & rcl iquarum conftrudionem,uti tun c oc 
:urrit, modoq; animo obucrfat, pcrfccutus fum. Nihil cnim hic ccrtius de 
auditu fonitucf percipicndo,quam inibi attexcre poffum, nifi etiam plus nunc quam dum illa 
rcribcrcm,ambigcm,mihicp longcminus fatisfacia, & non fatis mirari quca,omncs de auditu, 
ipfiuscpobiciftis tam prolixe ciira organiipfius ucl maximefupcrficianacognitioncfcribcrc: 
cx quo tamcn prxcipua: ad prarfcntcm difccptationcm pctcnda: crant dcmonftrationcs. 
DE GVSTVS INSTRVMENTO. 
a,put XVI. 
I N G V A H orisamplitudiniadamufTim congrucntcguftuseneinflru 
mcntum,mcdicis iuxta ac philofophis conccflum cft omnibus.quuita^f 
in dccimo nono fccundi libri Capitc," nouein lingua: mufculos, & uaria 
illam fibrarum.compofitionisq: in ipfius partehiantc oreantecolcftio, 
ncm confpicua fpccicm una cuin illius iiiuolucris rcccnfucrim, & in tcr^ 
tiolibro'' uenas^ arteriasqj linguapctcntiuferiemfimilitcrdcfcripfcrim, 
in quarto libro iphus ncruos minimcncgliges,quorum' altcr prarcipua 
maioristcrii^ ncruoruin c6iugi}radicis numcrahaturportio, gulfusoccafionepotinimumlin 
gux oblata,'alicr ucro fcptimi ncruoru ccrcbri paris propagincs mufculorli nomine linguam 
implicatcs,ncmo,u ti arbitror.hic a mc rcquirct,ut prolixa de lingua: fabrica iiitcr cxtcras par, 
tcs,utuerum fatear,mihi minus cognita, fcrmoncm inftitua,aut difFufc iaporum diftcretias & 
qualitatcscommcinorcm, 
DE T^CTVS INSTRVMENTO. 
Cput XVIL 
T taclus quoq; infirumcn tu in quarti libri initio mc pei fecutu arbitror, 
quum nullum ncruu tac"tus fcnfu no pra:ditu pcr corpus digcri aftercrc, 
Cs^ Nature fcopos in ncruorum dift:ributionc quamum is locus exigcbat 
cnarrarc:iIlorufubridcnsfcntcntia,quiunamdufdem ncruiportiuncU' 
lamlcnfui,aliamotuiabfcpfcnfupra;cfredocuerut.Acproindetoiiushu 
mana- fabricx partili enarrationc pro mea uinli abfoluta, nunc fupcreft, 
omniupartium qua^pracfentilibroaggreflifumus, fedlionisrationcper 
fcriberc:&;fi cuiuspartisinaliislibris tradita;fccandiratio no cxpref& fit, etia illam adhuiusli 
bri calccm fcriatim lubi]ccrc,& poftrcino dcuiuoru fedionc nonulla proponcrc, 
CERE5RI, OMNIVMCiVE QV^E !> R^E- 
Jinti libro tmduntur or^morum adminifirandi ratio. 
Caput XVIII. 
V H H O DO mufculosccruiccmoccupantcs,&neruoseccruicisdorfaIi 
mcdulla profilicntcs,in corporequodnutritionisuitaliscjjfacultatisorx 
CTanis inlpiciendishadenus fubfcruiuit,aggrcffusfueris,fuadco nuncca 
put ita atquc ad prarccdcntis libri fincm reccfui,a rcliquo corpore auferri. 
Ablatum cnim longecommodius, minoriqp molcftia attrcdabis,unde 
ctiaincapitadctruncatorumhominum adhuncufumfunraccommoda.- 
tiftima:pra'cipucquod illauixbcncinortua,ftatim a fumpto fupplicio 
minusmorolorumiudicumacpra-fcftorum opcra,obtineripoffunt.In quorCnumcro fiquis 
unquamalius,mchercuIehabcduscft,ftudioruunicusMccccnas,iHuftrilsimi^lcnatusVencti 
fingu- 
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