De Medicina Digital Hippocrates Collection Table of Contents
A. Cornelii Celsi
De Medicina Prooemium
Liber I
Liber II PROOEMIUM
Liber III
Liber IV
Liber V
Liber VI
Liber VII PROOEMIUM
Liber VIII
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Liber VIII Table of Contents
[p. 476] frontem procedit ; eaque modo sub imo capillo desinit , modo frontem ipsam secans inter supercilia finit . . . Ex his ceterae quidem suturae in unguem committuntur : eae vero , quae super aures traversae sunt , totis oris paulatim extenuantur atque ita inferiora ossa superioribus leniter insidunt . Crassissimum vero in capite os post aurem est , qua capillus , ut verisimile est , ob id ipsum non gignitur . Sub quoque musculis , qui tempora conectunt , os medium in exteriorem partem inclinatum positum est . At facies suturam habet maximam , quae a tempore incipiens per medios oculos naresque transversa pervenit ad alterum tempus . A qua breves duae sub interioribus angulis deorsum spectant; et malae quoque in summa parte singulas transversas suturas habent . A mediisque naribus aut superiorum dentium gingivis per medium palatum una procedit , aliaque transversa idem palatum secat . Et suturae quidem in plurimis hae sunt .
Foramina autem intra caput maxima oculorum sunt , deinde narium , tum quae in auribus habemus . Ex his quae oculorum sunt , recta simplicia ad cerebrum tendunt . Narium duo foramina ossa medio discernuntur : siquidem hae primum a superciliis angulisque oculorum osse inchoantur ad tertiam fere partem ; deinde in cartilaginem versae , quo propius ori descendunt , eo magis caruncula quoque molliuntur. Sed ea foramina , quae a summis ad imas nares simplicia sunt , ibi rursus in bina itinera dividuntur ; aliaque ex his ad fauces pervia spiritum et
