Bodleian Library MS. Barocci 131

And how it is composed of position and use. And it says, "And it spoke..." I am fulfilling the subject of all these things, and not in a bodily manner but in regard to its own arrangement, which is not extensive. Through many parts, it extends somehow toward its use. A somatological exposition. And how nature—and whence it is named—and that it demonstrates the whole formation of the human body, not as something perceptible to itself, but it is intended to be in summary. And to speak briefly of each of the members and in relation to the body for the convenience of the listeners. For this reason, therefore, it is desired, for a beneficial reading:

1: Concerning the head, its bones and sutures everywhere, and why he called it "head," and why its exposition is not contradictory, and how the name signifies thus:

2: Concerning the brain, and why it is called "brain" (enkephalos), and the causes. And whence the nerves, and from where:

3: Concerning the eyes, from what humor they are formed. And why they are necessary, and from where they see; and concerning the optic nerve, and whence the [element] in the eye, and the rest:

4: Concerning the ears, why they were so named, and how they are composed, and from where they hear: Concerning the nose of the hare and the nostril:

5: Concerning the cheeks:

6: Concerning the teeth, above and below:

7: Concerning inhalation, and who it is that hears these things and perceives:

8: Concerning the tongue, and why it is implanted:

9: Concerning the mouth, and why it is so called. And what is the indicator of the tongue:

10: How it is composed, and its weakness, and this somatology of the tongue itself, and the rest regarding the tongue:

11: How the nostril is formed:

12: How respiration [occurs]: and that the lungs breathe:

13: Concerning the neck:

14: Concerning the neck, and how its sutures are, being as the formation of an angel:

15: Concerning the lung and what its use is:

16: Concerning the lung, and their differences:

17: Concerning the heart, and its form. And what is the sensory element in it: and how it is composed:

18: Concerning the stomach, and in what strength the stomach was named in itself. And what is its pneumatic element:

19: Concerning the liver, and the spleen, and the power within them, and the naming of each, and their use.

20: Concerning the kidneys and the bladder: and what the base parts are and what she performs:

21: Concerning the intestines and the viscera: and what is their indicator:

22: Concerning the chest and how it is composed:

23: Concerning the navel, and what belongs to it:

24: Concerning the hands and the bones within them and their insertion:

25: Concerning the fingers and their articulations:

26: Concerning the thighs:

27: Concerning the leg:

28: Concerning the ankles and the feet and the pains of the body:

29: Concerning the feet:

30: Concerning the bones:

31: Concerning the flesh, and what is its difference, and what use it performs: +