Bartholinus anatomy; made from the precepts of his father, and from the observations of all modern anatomists, together with his own ... In four books and four manuals answering to the said books / ... Published by Nich. Culpeper and Abdiah Cole.

  • Bartholin, Thomas, 1616-1680
Date:
1668
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Credit: Bartholinus anatomy; made from the precepts of his father, and from the observations of all modern anatomists, together with his own ... In four books and four manuals answering to the said books / ... Published by Nich. Culpeper and Abdiah Cole. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    <t> ■ The Introduction. Nchropologia ortheDodtrme of Mans Nature, is, though com¬ monly, yet rightly divided into two Parts : Anatomist which treats of the Body and its Parts; and Pfychologia, which treats of the Soul. Anatomist therefore [more rightly called Anatomy, that is Se&ion, which St. Ignatius reckons as a kind of Martyrdom, Csehus terms Apertio an opening, nn&Tertulianus Prqfecho a cutting up, whence the term Profettor, a Cutter up ] that I may come to that which is my bufmefs; in as much as it is a part of Natural Philofophy [for , « ,. « f Medicinal Anatomy how ever ufeful aivd of which Galen treats in natomJ J — v, ^ - --^-hisAnatomicalAdminiftration,wemuft leave to Phyfitiansjhath for itsSubjedttheBody ofanyAnimalor Live-wight vvhatfoever,whether frequenting the Land or or Waters, flying in the Air, &c. and not only the Body of Man. But we are wont moft of all to fearch into the ftrufture of Mans Body. I. Becaufe of the great Perfection thereof,which Why Anatomy is the Rule of Imperfection. 2. Becaufe thefundry forts of Animals are almoft infinite, fo treats chiefly qf that to difledt and fearch into all of them, the life ofman in this Age of the World is not fuffi-rta Bosty qf dent. 3. Becaufe of the incredible profit which thereby redounds to every man, who defires Man, . perfectly to know himfelf, and this Houfe of his earthy T abernacle, both the better to preferve Health and to cure Difeafes: Nor can any man be a Natural Philofopher or deferve fo to be called, unlefs he have the DoCtrine of Anatomy at his fingers end, above all other Parts of Na¬ tural Philofophy. Yetis not the DiffeCtion of other Creatures therefore unprofitable,orto be „ • • neglected by an Anatomift, partly by reafon of the Analogic and Correfpondencc they hold With the Body of Man, parti v to attain to the Knowledg of the Motions of Living Creatures, and partly, to conclude, for the Exercife of an Anatomift and Surgeon. Democritus fought the fas Seat and Nature of Choler in Living Creatures. After bamGalen diffedied Apes ana other ' a Living Creatures, as alfo Severinus, Aldrovandus, CafttUus, Bronqtrus, Panarolus and my felf have am * cut up divers Living Creatures. By the cutting up of Creatures alive Afellius found out the Ven# lattcse or milkie Veins, and Harvey and WaUus found the motion of the Blood. Moreover, becaufe in regard of the variety of its Aftions, the Body of Man does not confift of one part all alike, but of fundry; therefore we muft know that the whole Body is divided into Parts containing, Parts contained, and Parts moving, according to the ancient Dodlrine 0pR?* of Hippocrates 1 that is to fay, into folid Parts, Humors and Spirits. And in this large accep- dyofbdan.s cation, all things are called Parts which make up and compleat the Body, even the Nails,Hairs, Fat and Marrow. But ftricftly and properly that is called a Part, which partakes oftheform, and life of the whole, and fuch the Anatomifts accounts only the folid Parts, And therefore permluts hath well defined a Part to be A Body joyned to the whole, partaking of the common Life thereof, and fitted for the performance of fome Funttions or Ufe. But Galen accounts that a Part, What a Pan whichis a Body in fome fort joyned to the whole, and hath in part its own proper Circum- is ? feription. Briefly, they fay, that a part is properly; , _ I. That which lives, is nouriftied, but does not nourifh any other Part. And io they ex- elude the Spirits, Humors, &c. alfo the Fat, which fomtimes nourilhes che Parts, and the What is the Marrow ofthe Bones, as being their Nourifhment. proper accepts 2 That which is folid. tim °f tb* 3! Which hath a proper Circumfcription of its own. The contrary whereof is in fat,which Vard Pan. is terminated by the figure ofthe Parts adjacent. r „ ... f „ c 4. Whichis continued with the whole, Mathematically and Phyfically, both m rdpedt of die Matter and Form joyntly confidcred. _ ... ^ y. Which is fitted for fome Function or Ufe. And fo Warts and Swellings, with other things which grow upon the living Body praeternaturally, are excluded. '■> And that we may underftand what ismentby Fundfion and Ufe, I lhall briefly open the fame. An Adiion or Funaion may be either private or publick. The private Aftion is that whereby the Parts provide for themfelvcs 3 the publick is that whereby they provide for the js whole live Creature. A publick Aftion as it is oppofed to ufe, is the Aftion of the prinapal ^ ^i.epi Part of an Organ which performes the whole Aftion. For every A&ion in the Bodyof a live- ^ p^rt. wight, hath according to Galen, a peculiar Particle, by which it is performed. _ For Examples fake • The Skin hath of it felf a private Aaion,fuch astheAttraaion and Retention of Nounlh- ment, &c. it hath alfo a publick ad! ion for the behoof ofthe whole Animal, viz. the difeerning ofthe tangible Qualities, fuch as are perceived by the Senfc of Feeling. So the adtion ofthe Liver is blood-making, of the Stones, Seed-making; of the Dugs Milk-making. , , But the Ufe, is that help which the lefs principal Parts afford the more principal, in the per- V formance of their Adiions,which according to Galen is in all Parts,yea even in thofe which have XJft. no adiion at all. It fprings chiefly from three Fountaines, and they are, 1 The proper Temper of the Parr,that is to fay the Symmetry or even proportion ofthe firjt