Identifier: anabrainco00ridl (find matches)
Title: The anatomy of the brain : containing its mechanism and physiology, together with some new discoveries and corrections of ancient and modern authors upon that subject : to which is annex’d a particular account of animal functions and muscular motion, the whole illustrated with elegant sculptures after the life
Year: 1695 (1690s)
Authors: Ridley, Humphrey, 1653-1708
Subjects: Brain
Publisher: London : Printed for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford
Contributing Library: University of Maryland, Baltimore Digital Archive
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lus of what is notfpent upon the inmate Nerves of theBrain may truly be fuppofed to bepromifcuoufly difpenled to all thofeother extraneous ones produced fromthe elongation of the Brain, calld theSpinal Marrow. In which lad thereis this conformation or difpofition ofParts differing from that of the Brain,that whereas in that the cineritiouspart is external, tis here internal;and this for very good reafbn, andby a provident contrivance of Na-ture, feeing that not only the cine-ritious part of the Brain- (erves for ftp- 2oo The Anatomy of the Brain. fupplying thofe Nerves which havetheir original thence, as well as all thereft of the Spinal Marrow, and con-ftquently ought to have the lar-geft fpace and dimenfions poflible,which without this fituation couldnot have been; but alfo without thiscontrivance the Nerves of this partmuft of neceffity have had their ori-ginals from the cineritious part of theaforefaid Marrow, contrary to boththe cuftom and convenience of Na-ture too. THE i i i «
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^AC.Vandtr Sus/it -»//■ the Explanation of the Figure. F I G. t. Exhibits the Bafts of the Brain, with fart of the Medulla Ob-longata, the Blood-vejfels being injeHed with Wax. A A The fore Lobes of rhe Brain. B B The hinder Lobes. C C The Cerebellum. D D The lateral Sinuss. E E The Vertebral Arteries as they pafs between the firftVertebra and the Bone of the Occiput. F The Vertebral Sinus. G,&c The Dura Mater on the right fide taken off fromthe Spinal Marrow, and remaining on the lefc. 1,2,3 The ten pair of Nerves belonging to the Brain, 4,€£c. with feven of the Spinal Marrow,a The Foramen that opens into the Pituitary Glandfrom the Infundibulum. b b The two white Protuberances behind the Infundi-bulum. * C c The two Trunks of the Carotid Artery cut off wherethey begin to run betwixt the fore and hinderLobes of the Brain. d d The two Arteries joyning the Carotids with the Cer-vical Artery, called the Communicant Branches. ee Two large Branches of the Cervical Artery, fbme-t

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