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P R O OE M I U M.
QU O D omnes fere homines, in lludiis fcientiamm verfati, diu
muUumque defiderarunt, linguam fcilicct per univcrfum terrarum
orbem comi tam atque perceptam, id nobis ex parte aliqua fuppcditat
tabflarum a:nearnm fculptura ad yeras rcrnm tormas eAt-
L n d a s adprime accommodata. Imo hujnfce artificn ea eft utditas,
ut in naturic cxplicatione fcpenumero plus valeat quam qusvis verbomm
copia, ant vis dicendi. Quodcunquc entm ocu o fidcli mde
fubjicitur (fpeflet modo aliquis argument! liaud Ignarus) ammo cotifeftim
arripitur, memoria:que alte imprelTum haud prorfus excidit.
Lentior fermonis mora, et vis hcbetior.
Proïnde ex quo tempore hoc artificmm ufibus hommum ,
niter inferviit via brevior faciliorque patefaña eft ad mventa quoelibet
tum divulganda, tum confervanda; et rerum fimul naturahum cognitio
ab extui s profeaa initiis, paulatim eo ufque mcrevit, ut fecuh
hujufce, omnium ornatiffimi, fummum fere ornamentum jam tandem
extiterit.
Cicterarum artium incrementa, oequis faltcm paíTibus comitota eft
anatomia. Etenim non pauci recentiorum, viri excellentis mgemi
atque iudicii, labore plurimo, ncc minori folert.a, corporis humant
tura fabricara tum oeconomiam perveftigarunt. Ex his plurim. artcm
hanc graphicam ancillantem fibi adiiibuerunt ; proecipuifque mde reperds
fuis fdiciter illuftratis, effecerunt, ut ars anatotnica, hommum
generi, fi qua alia, utilis et fruduofa, mtelleflu Cmul facilior fieret,
{imul cultu jucundior.
Reftabat tamen pars una Immani corporis, eaquc five ftrañuríe fua:
pcrclegantis, five muneris officiique ratione, primas t iuius enens, a difciplmic profclforibus non fatis explorata. Reftabat fcihcet uterus humanus
Abflt vero, ut viris hifce egregiis vitio detur, quod rem quail
ne^iedam habuerint, cujus penitius perfpicmda: copia rara erat et
Tnlrequens. Pauciflimis enim contigerit neceffe
fecuerint aiiot ad conditionem uteri gravidi, varus tempor^us vanam
perveftigandam, nedum demonftrandam, fuíEcerent. De alus
toque filendum, ubi laudare nefas. Ouod ad auflorem attmet, anno
k pnmum MDCCLI. felici ufus cft occaCone id in humano corporc
c x p C i d i , quodinbmtis jam ohm quxfiverat. Muher quídam,
g X i d i t a t i s ful menfibus prope -P ^ r ^ O "r^ f í ^ t ' ^ r f :
Cadaver adhuc integrum, cultro fubjeñum eft. Open favit tempel
Taf ¿era, vafis rite injeña, voto refpondit. Repertus eft piflor,
vir' ilk in L o genere adprime folers. Partes fing^ila:, multis coram
adftàntibus, explorât, funt atque exculf^c ut omnis rei ventas firma
fatis aufloritatc comprobari polfet atque ftabihri.
Sub his aufpiciis, aliquot menfium fpatio decurfo decern primie
tab. te perfeae delineat i fuerant ; partes ipfae identidem publice exp
o f i t Ï - ^ c t ea qute de fingulis animadverfa fuerant ae notata pa am
Sifla Au¿orh inde animum fubiit, fe rem difciplma. huJ"fcc fautor
L s haud ingratam fadurum, fi hiftoriam uteri gravidi anatomi-
« m S e efhi s decern tabulis illuminatam. Confihum placuit. Opus
S man^artificum, maxima laude ftorcnttum, traditum eft. et pecunia
coUatitia a plurimis pro more reprajfentata.
Alterum interea cadaver in manus inddit, quod
tcrapeftas minus jam anatomuc amica effet, haud nullo m P>= °
S u m fuit, quildoquidcnl - « P - ' ^ „ ¿ r i
ab hoc inftituto haud aliena:, dignteque adeo vifc, qua= • '"P
clementi loco, adjicerentur. Dum antera ' "P"
fculptor, en tcrtium cadaver, quam opportune I Etenira illud non mo
cío C c ì a m , prius obl'cura, luci dedit, led novis etiara figuiis adoinandis
materiam aptiftimam fubminiftravit.
Cura auflor huic fe accingebat negotio anirao deftinavit dccem
tabu iT, modo diftas, in lucera prolerre, j adum quafi ahquod lundamen,
cui alia plura, de hac parte anatomia^, poftea adjicer a h^ rftrucre
fperabat, fi quando per otium .pfi hccret hanc >cra a t^^ m
p R E F A C E.
t ^ a j Z ^ü conveys dearer ideas of moß mlurd objeñs, than ^ori
rnakesßrolser ,n,preßons upon ihe n,.nä; -¡¡f^'^^pP^l
converJaÁ wäh thejubjeíi, gives an immei,ale comprehenfior. of u,hal
reprejenis.
From the time wUrt this art came more gerurdly mto ufe has be n
much more eafy both to communicate and to M ' ^ ^ f - f ^ J V l f i at
provements; and natural knoMge has been gradually " f i ^ J ' " ^
kngth become the SJlingmfhing charaltenpc of the mofl enlightened age of
the world.
Anatomy has, at leafl, hpt pace in improvement M tite
of natural Medge. Many of the moderns, much labj^ and
patience, as roell as ingenuity and judgment, have f
ipon the p-um,re and operations of the human body: ' ' f J f '
cilarly by engravings, made thefiudy of that art tn wh,ch human^ " >
mucUnLfed, both more eafy and pleafant Mofl ,f the pr.nc,pal parts
of anatomy have, in this manner, been fuccefsfully ,lluflrated.
One part however, and that the mofl curious, and certainly not the leafl
importltofall, the pregnant womb, had not been treated ^
proportionable fuccefs. Let Unot, however, be objeAed to <¿2 or
%aed what in fill ,t wa. rarely in their power J",
lone of the anatomifts, had met with a fvfficient number ' • I P ^ f ' ^ ' ^ Z
iLeliimtim or lor demonflrating the principal ctrcumjiances oj utero
^ZflX^TS^'i^mJnfpecies. But fet what cannot beprafd, mothers, e
i2d over in fdence. With refpeS to the prefent undertaking, in the year
\ L the author met with the firjl favourable opportunity of examining in
the human fpeces, what before he had beenfludying in
died fudde/Iy, when very near the end ^ „ f
cured before any fenfible putrefaAion had begun; the feafon of the year wa
f l i r a i r t o UeL-tlie iieHion of the
\ very able paMer, in this way, wa^found: every part wa^^ ex^med in
the Z f l pubUc manner, and the truth was thereby well authenticated.
In the courfe of fome months, the drawings of the firfl ten plates were
J l d Z frl time to time the fubfeA was publicly exhibited w„h fuch
i f f l ^ s Ts hiTccurred in the e.aLation of the feveralparts. Many lovers
I f Z P approved of the author spropofal t o p f i f i the anatomy o f ^
V^d uiJ,,illuflrited by thofe ten plates: the work was immediately
% 7 i Z e lilnds if our beft artfls: and fibfonpt.ons were received.
In the mean time - ^
ieufinfhed, a third fubfeà occurred very opportunely, which cleared up
fome difficulties,andfurnifhedfome ufeful additional figures.
the original plan having been only ^o puUiPt the M t^n «
.round-work for farther improvements m this branch of anatomy, to be added
i Z i e r gold ojportunitiifhould be offered, the author now be^an e^
tertain hopes of being able to give a much more compleat work. He forejaw
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