A most excellent and learned vvoorke of chirurgerie, called Chirurgia parua Lanfranci Lanfranke of Mylayne his briefe: reduced from dyuers translations to our vulgar or vsuall frase, and now first published in the Englyshe prynte by Iohn Halle chirurgien. Who hath thervnto necessarily annexed. A table, as wel of the names of diseases and simples with their vertues, as also of all other termes of the arte opened. ... And in the ende a compendious worke of anatomie ... An historiall expostulation also against the beastly abusers, both of chyrurgerie and phisicke in our tyme: with a goodly doctrine, and instruction, necessary to be marked and folowed of all true chirurgie[n]s. All these faithfully gathered, and diligently set forth, by the sayde Iohn Halle.

Of the Nerue or Synewe. Chapi. iiii.

THe fowerth of simple members is the synew, named in Greke Tonos or Neuros,* 1.1 in Latyne Neruus, and hys dissection Neur••to••e, which is spermatike, colde and drye of complexion, flexible, and sensyble, strong & tougbe, meane betwene harde and soft: hauynge theire begynning from the brayne, and the marrowe of the backe. For there come from the brayne. vii. payre of synewes, that are cal∣led sensityue:* 1.2 and from the marrowe of the backe, procede xxx. payre of synewes, accordyng to the numbre of the spon¦dils: and one more, whiche spryngeth alone by hym selfe from the laste spondill, or loweste of all in the ende of the rydge, and therefore named Neruus sine pari. And these sy∣newes that procede from the marrow of the backe ar cal∣led motyue synewes.* 1.3 So that from the brayne, & from the marow of the ridge together,* 1.4 procede or come forth .xxxvii. payre of synewes, and one odde one.

From all the whiche doe procede diuers and manye sy∣newes, ramifying and spreadyng themselues, into innu∣merable branches, extendyng euen to the extreame partes: by the which we not onely fele and perceyue in euery place as they passe, bothe the comforte of healthesome and sem∣blable thynges, and the greffes of vnhelthsome and con∣trarye thynges (whiche we cal peyne:) but also we haue by them onely, the power of mouyng euery member, namely

sense of the sensityues, whiche therefore are the more deli∣cate: and mouing of the motyues, which for that action are more stronge, after this saying of Galen. Quoniam enim sen∣sus nonsine dispositione quadam nerui, motus autem in faciendo sol•• actionem obtinet: merito sensorius mollior, durior autem motorius ner¦uus factus est: that is, Seyng that sense hath his workynge by a certeyne disposition, but motion onely in doyng: The sensityue sinewe is conuenientlye made the softer, or more delicate, and the motyue the harder. And to ende with ••••••∣rolo Stephano we maye saye, non esse omnino motum neque senti∣ri dolorem, nisi ubi neruus est, aut partibus uicinus, aut iis counitus. That there is no mouyng, neyther payne felte, but where there is a sinewe, eyther nighe the partes greued or conioy∣ned with them.

Notes

• * 1.1

  〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.
• * 1.2

  Nerui sensorii
• * 1.3

  Nerui motorii
• * 1.4

  Number of sy¦newes.