The surgions directorie, for young practitioners, in anatomie, wounds, and cures, &c. shewing, the excellencie of divers secrets belonging to that noble art and mysterie. Very usefull in these times upon any sodaine accidents. And may well serve, as a noble exercise for gentle-women, and others; who desire science in medicine and surgery, for a generall good. Divided into X. parts. (Whose contents follow in the next page.) / Written by T. Vicary, Esquire, chyrurgion to Hen 8. Edw. 6. Q. Mary. Q. Eliz.

CHAP. X. The Anatomie of the Thighes, Legges, and Feet.

THE Legge reacheth from the Joynt of the Thigh unto the extremity of the Toes, and J will divide it in parts, as the Armes were divided. One part is called Coxa, or Thigh, and that is all that is contained from the joynt of the Haunch unto the Knee. The second part is called Tibia, and that reacheth

from the Knee to the Ankle. The third is the little foot, and that is from the Anckle, unto the end of the Toes. And heere it is to bee noted, that the Thigh, Legge, and foot, are compound, and made as the great Arme or hand, with Skin, Flesh, Veynes, Artiers, Si∣newes, Brawnes, Tendons, and Bones where∣of they are to be spoken of in order.

Of the Skinne and Flesh there is enough spoken of before. And as of Veynes and Arteirs in their descending downwards, at the last Spondels they bee divided into two parts, whereof the one part goeth into the right Thigh, and the other into the Left: And when they come to the Thigh, they be divided in other two great Branches: the one of them spreadeth into the inner side of the Legge, and the other spreadeth into the outer side, and so branching, descend downe to the Legge, to the Anckles, and Feet, and bee brought into foure Veynes, which be commonly used in letting Blood, as hereafter followeth.

One of them is under the inner Ankle to∣ward the heel, called Soffena, and another under the outer Ankle, called Siarica, and another under the Hamme, called Poplitica, the fourth, betweene the little Toe, and the next, called Renalis. And it is to be noted of these foure

great Veynes in the Legges, of the manifold dangers that might fall of them as oft it happe∣neth. There bee many other branches which a Chirurgion needeth not much to passe upon. The Sinewes spring of the last Spondell, and of Os Sacrum, and passeth through the hole of the bone of the Hippe, and descendeth to the Brawnes, and moveth the Knee and the Hamme, and these descend downe to the Ankle, and move the Foot, and the brawnes of the Feet move the Toes in like manner, as is declared in the bones of the Hand. The first is called Coxa, that is the Thigh-bone, and he is without a fellow, and he is full of Marrow, and is round at either end. The roundnesse that is at the upper end, is called Vertebrum, or Whyrlebone, and boweth inwards, and is received into the Concavities of the bone of the Legge at the Knee, called the great Fossels. There is also at the Knee a round bone, called the Knee-panne. Then followes the Legge, wherein is two bones, called Focile Major, and Focile Minor, the bigger of them passeth before making the shape of the shinne, and it is called the Shin-bone, and passeth downe, making the inner ankle. The lesse passeth from the Knee backwards, descending downe to the outer Anckle, and there formeth that

Ankle, &c. The bones of the Feet are sixe and twenty: as thus. First, next the Ankle bone, is one called in Latine Orabalistus: Next under that, towards the Heele is one, called Galeani: and betweene them is ano∣ther bone, called Os Nauculare. In the se∣cond ward there be foure bones called Raceti, as be in the hands. In the third and fourth wards be foureteene, called Digitori: and five called Pectens, at the extremities of the Toes, next to the Nailes. And thus be there in the Foot, sixe and twenty bones, with the Legge from the Ankle to the Knee, two in the knee, and one round and flat bone, and in the Thigh, one. And thus you shall find in the whole Leg and Foot thirty bones. And this may serve for young Practitioners in the Anatomie.

Veynes	in Mans body perfect, is—	365.
Bones	217.
Teeth	32.

For that in us all things may vaine appeare, A Veyne wee have for each day in the Yeare.