BOOK I.

Edition of Chartier, Volume 7, page 379. Edition of Basel, Volume 3, pages 248, 249.

...it must be expelled once the membranous bonds connecting it to the continuous parts have been loosened. These membranes are affected much earlier than the bronchi original: "bronchiis" / "βρογχίων"; the air passages of the lungs. themselves; for the bronchi are cartilaginous, thick, and hard, while the membranes binding them together are thin and weak. Furthermore, we have seen a significant portion of a blood vessel coughed up. To those skilled in dissection original: "dissectionis" / "ἀνατομῆς", this clearly shows that the vessel was drawn out from the lung. All the vessels reaching the rough artery original: "asperam arteriam" / "τραχεῖαν ἀρτηρίαν"; the trachea or windpipe. in the neck are capillary original: "capillacea" / "τριχοειδῆ"; vessels as fine as hair. in size. [249] Therefore, not only the unique nature of the substance but also its size often indicates quite clearly which place is affected.

For instance, if someone observes a lining of the intestine passed in the stool during dysentery original: "dysenteria" / "δυσεντερίᾳ"; an inflammatory disease of the intestines., and it is larger in width and thickness than the linings of the small intestines, they might reasonably conclude that the ulceration is located in the large intestines. Indeed, in the case of a young man who once coughed up a thick and sticky lining, we concluded it was from the internal body of the throat which forms the epiglottis original: "epiglottida" / "ἐπιγλωττίδα"; the flap of cartilage that covers the windpipe during swallowing.. The young man was cured, even though we did not have much hope;