Latin language -- Readers; Natural history -- Juvenile literature; Picture books for children
The Chanels of the Body are
the _Veins_, carrying
the Blood from the Liver;
Canales Corporis sunt
_Venæ_ deferentes
Sanguinem ex Hepate;
The _Arteries_ (carrying)
_Heart_ and _Life_ from the
_Heat_;
_Arteriæ_, _Calorem_
& _Vitam_ è _Corde_;
The _Nerves_ (carrying)
Sense and Motion
throughout the Body from
the _Brain_.
_Nervi_,
Sensum et Motum,
per Corpus a
_Cerebro_.
You shall find these three, 1.
everywhere joined together.
Invenies hæc tria, 1.
ubique sociata.
Besides, from the Mouth
into the Stomach is
the _Gullet_, 2. the
way of the meat and drink;
Porrò, ab Ore
in Ventriculum
_Gula_, 2.
via cibi ac potus;
and by it to the Lights, the
_Wezand_, 5. for breathing;
& juxta hanc, ad Pulmonem
_Guttur_, 5. pro respiratione;
from the Stomach to the Anus
is a great _Intestine_, 3.
to purge out the _Ordure_;
à ventriculo ad Anum
_Colon_, 3.
ad excernendum _Stercus_;
from the Liver to the
Bladder, the _Ureter_, 4.
for making water.
ab Hepate ad
Vesicam, _Ureter_, 4.
reddendæ urinæ.
The _Bones_ are
in the Head, the _Skull_, 6.
the two _Cheek-bones_, 7.
with thirty-two _Teeth_, 8.
_Ossa_ sunt
in Capite, _Calvaria_, 6.
duæ _Maxillæ_, 7.
cum XXXII. _Dentibus_, 8.
Then the _Back-bone_, 9.
the Pillar of the Body,
consisting of thirty-four
turning _Joints_, that
the Body may bend it self.
Tum, _Spina dorsi_, 9.
columna Corporis,
constans ex XXXIV.
_Vertebris_, ut
Corpus queat flectere se
The _Ribs_, 10. whereof
there are twenty-four.
_Costæ_, 10. quarum
viginti quatuor.
The _Breast-bone_, 11.
the two _Shoulder-blades_, 12.
the _Buttock-bone_, 13.
the _bigger Bone_
in the Arm, 15. and
the _lesser Bone_ in the Arm.
_Os Pectoris_, 11.
duæ _Scapulæ_, 12.
_Os sessibuli_, 13.
_Lacerti_, 15. &
_Ulna_.
The _Thigh-bone_, 14.
the foremost, 16.
and the hindmost Bone,
in the Leg, 17.
_Tibia_, 14.
_Fibula_, 16. anterior,
& posterior, 17.
The Bones of the Hand, 18.
are thirty-four, and
of the Foot, 19. thirty.
Ossa Manûs, 18.
sunt triginta quatuor,
Pedis, 19. triginta.
The _Marrow_ is in
the Bones.
_Medulla_ est in Ossibus,
XLII.
The Outward and Inward Senses.
Sensus externi & interni.
[Illustration]
There are five outward
_Senses_;
Sunt quinque externi
_Sensus_;
The _Eye_, 1. seeth Colours,
what is white or black,
green or blew,
red or yellow.
_Oculus_, 1. videt _Colores_,
quid album vel atrum,
viride vel cœruleum,
rubrum aut luteum, sit.
The _Ear_, 2. heareth
_Sounds_, both natural,
Voices and Words;
and artificial,
Musical Tunes.
_Auris_, 2. audit
_Sonos_, tum naturales,
Voces & Verba;
tum artificiales,
Tonos Musicos.
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