A new method of physick: or, A short view of Paracelsus and Galen's practice; in 3. treatises. I. Opening the nature of physick and alchymy. II. Shewing what things are requisite to a physitian and alchymist. III. Containing an harmonical systeme of physick. Written in Latin by Simeon Partlicius, phylosopher, and physitian in Germany. Translated into English by Nicholas Culpeper, Gent. student in physick and astrologie, dwelling on the east-side of Spittle-fields, neer London.

The Lowermost, or Natural Ventricle.

1 The parts of the Lower Ventricle are either External or Internal.

2 The External are,

• 1 Behind, as the Loyns and Hips.
• 2 Before, as the Belly.
• 3 On the sides, as the Hypochondria.

3 The Loyns consist of five Bones, under which the Kidneys are placed.

4 The parts of the Hips are either Bony, as the Hip bones, Os Sacrum, and Coccix: or Fleshy, as the Buttocks.

5 The parts of the Belly, are either Similar, or Dissimilar.

• 1 Similar, as the Paeritoneum, Omentum, and Mesenterium.
• 2 Dissimilar, as Stomachalis, the Navel, and Abdomen.

6 The Hypochondria are two; the Right, and the Left.

7 You have the Exterior Part: the Interior are the Bowels.

The Bowels serve either for Nourishment, or Generation.

8 Such as serve for Nourishment, are either for Digestion, or Evacuation.

For Digestion are,

• 1 Such as belong to the first Concoction, as the Tunicle of the Stomach: Or
• 2 Such as belong to the second Concoction, as the Liver.

9 The Parts of the Ventricle are two: the Tu∣nicles, and the Mouths.

10 The Tunicles are in number three; and the Mouths two.

11 The Liver is placed in the Right Hypochon∣dria, under the Diaphragma.

Its parts are two:

• 1 The Uper, from whence ariseth the Vena Cava, which carries the Blood to the Heart.
• ...

• 2 The Inferior, from whence ariseth the Vena Porta which carries the Chyle from the Bowels to the Liver. Both these con∣sist of red Flesh, called Parenchyma; throughout which, the veins of the Liver are disseminated.

12 You have the Digestive Bowels: the Bow∣els dedicated to Evacuation follow, which are, the Gall, Spleen, Reins Bladder, and Guts.

13 The Channels of the Bladder are two: the one of which is turned upwards, the other down∣wards.

14 The Reins or Kidneys are two, placed un∣der the Liver and Spleen, and receive the watery Humor from the Liver by the Emulgent veins and having clarified it, send it to the Bladder by the Ureters.

15 In the Bladder consider,

• 1 Its two Tunicles.
• 2 Its Neck.
• 3 Its Bottom.
• 4 The Hairs which draw and retein the U∣rine.

16. The Guts are either the uppermost, and smal ones: as the Duodenum, Jejunium, and Illi∣um: or else the lowermost, and thick ones, whose names are Caecum, Colon, and Rectum, or the strait Gut.

17 You have the Bowels dedicated to Nou∣rishment.

Those which serve for Generation, are either common to both Sexes, or peculiar to one.

18 Those which are Common both to Man and Woman are the Seminal Vessels, as the Stones, Parastatae, and Pecten.

19 The Testicles or Stones are two: The Pa∣rastatae are two Vessels placed at the Mouth of the Pecten.

20 The Peculiar Vessels to each Sex are, In Men, the Yard; in Women, the Womb and Ma∣trix.

Of al these, see more in my Directory for Mid∣wives.