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.

  • Thomas Bartholin
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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    Its Figure is of a Spherical triangle. Its Subfiance is the chicked and moft compart,of:all the red: ( becaufe there the noble Ventricle is feated, an there theNerves arife as from a Fountamjefpecially at t ie Bails of the Skul, fave at the Tides of the great hole, where it is mod thin ( and therefore in this refpeft sir iff 0 tie did well fay, that this was the thinned Bone of all, which Co¬ lumbus taxes ) and therefore for fafeties fake, theie is in the middle thereof a long Prominency. , „ It hath five holes, one which is the greated neer tne hri Vertebra, through which the Medulla oblongata pafleth forth ; the red are lefler ferving for the going out of Nerves and the entrance of Veins and Arteries. It hath nine Cavities, feven within and two With¬ It hath before two broad Procefies at tne Balls (in Children they are Epiphyfes) covered with a Gridlc, within more eminent, inferted into the Cavities of the find Vertebra, for the motion of the Head. Theie is a- nother fmall PtQcefs behind, joynedto the fiid Verte¬ bra. In the Hinder-head of Dogs, there is another final! bone between the Brain The triangular and the Erainlet,which is triangular-that bone in Dogs. , it wiay as a Prop fudain their going with their heads downwards. The fift and fxt, are the Temple Bones, by the Ears j fome call them Lapidofa, Petrofa, Saxea, Squarniformia Mendoft, and others Paris tali a and sirdialia. Their Shape is uneven ( but rather circular than three fquare ) becaufe of their manifold Subdance, which is like Rocks and craggy Clifts ; for which caufe they are alfo called Ojfa petrofa the rocky bones. But in their upper part they are attenuated, fo as to be tranfparent, where they lie under the temporal Mufcles, and are joyn¬ edto the bones of the Sinciput, like Scales, - _ They have fix holes without, two within, the firft eir-» ternal hole is large, viog. The Auditory paflage , the reft are fmall, for Veflels to pafs thorough. ... They have two Cavities. The outer is covered with 3 Gridle,, and receives the lower Jaw-bone* The inner is ] longifh, common to the Os occipitis. The FIGURES Ex* plained. This TABLE demonftrates the inner ftru&ure of the Or¬ gan of Hearing, with the little Auditory Bones. fig. 1. AA. Ostemporis, the Temple Bone. bbb. Thefcalie Suture of the faid Bone'. CC. The Os fongiofttm, or Spungy-bone* D. The Cavity into which the Auditory Herve is inferted. e. The honey Circle. ff. The greater winding of the Cochlea* ggg. Three boney half-circles, which form the La¬ byrinth. h. The Malleus or Hammer in its filiation* i. The ^4nvil or Incus. /<• The Stapes or Stirrup. 1. The external Mttfcle of the Ear. M. The internal Alufcle of the Ear, of which fo B. 3. chap.9. FIG. II. aax. The Labyrinth. b. The Cochlea. C. The oval hole where the Stapes is fated. d. Fallopius his ^icjute-duElus. e. The Feneflra J^otunda, round window, ff. Little holes to let out Feins and wineries* FIG. III. aa. The Cochlea differed, bb. An intermediate face or thing dividing the Cochlea into two wreaths. c. A round hole, ending into the Cavity of Hearing, and the lower wreath of Cochlea, ddd. The wreathings or Circumvolutions of the Labyrinth opened. e. The Feneflra ovalis, or oval window. FIG. IV. a. The round Head of the Malleus or Hammer. b. Its end whereby 'tis faflned to the Drum. f. The f nailer procefl of the Malleus, Mallet or Hammer. d. The larger and more fine procef thereof, firfi obferved by Folius. e. The Incus or Anvil, whofe upper part hath a Cavity to re¬ ceive the Head of the Hammer. TABLE II T 343-r: f. The longer procefl of the sfnvti, to which the Stirrup* faflned. h. The Stapes or Stirrup. t .3..4. i. ~/£ fourth little bone faflned to the Staptt or Stirrup by € Ligament, firfi obferved by Fr. Sylvius. FIG. V. Shews the boney Circle in Infants, to which the Qiembr&nc of the Drnw is fafientd.