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. IX. The Anatomie of the Haunches and their parts.

THe Haunches are the lower part of the Wombe, joyning to the Thighes and the secret members. And three things there are to be noted thereof. The first is, of the parts con∣taining:

the second is of the parts contained, and the third is of the parts proceeding out∣wards. The parts containing outwardly, be Myrac and Syfac, the Zirbus and the bones. The part contained outwardly, are the Vezike, or Bladder: the Spermaticke vessels, the Matrix in women, Longaon, Nerves, Veynes, and Artiers, descending downewards; The parts proceeding outwards, are the But∣tocks and the Muscles, descending to the Thighes, of which it is to bee spoken of in order. And first of the parts containing: as of Myrac, Syfac, and Zirbus, there is enough spoken of in the Anatomy of the Wombe. But as for the Bones of the Hanches, there bee in the parts of the back three Spondels of Ossa sacri, or of the Hanches: and three Cartali∣ginis Spondels of Ossa Cande, called the Taile-bone.

And thus it is proved, that there is in every man thirty Spondels, and thus they are to be numbred: in the Necke seaven, in the Ridge twelue▪ in the Reynes five: and in the Han∣ches sixe: And it is to be noted, that every Spondell is hollow in the middest: through which hollownesse passeth Nuca from the Braine, or the Marrow of the Backe. And some Authors say, that Mynuca is of the sub∣stance

that the Braine is of: For it is like in substance, and in it self giveth to the Nerves both the vertue of Moving and Feeling.

And also every Spondell is holden on every side, through the which holes, both Artiers and Veynes doe bring from the Heart and the Li∣ver both Life and nourishment, like as they doe to the Braine; and from the Pannicle of Mynuca, or the Marrow of the back, through the holes of the sides of the Spondels, spring∣eth forth Nerves motives, and there they in∣termingle themselves with the strong Lyga∣ments that be insensible, and so the Lygaments receive that feeling of the Nerves, which the Nerves taketh of Mynuca. And by this rea∣son many Authors prove, that Mynuca is of the same substance that the Braine is of, and the Pannicles of the Nuca is of the same substance of the Pannicles of the Braine, &c. And each of these Spondels bee bound fall one with another, so that one of them may not well bee named without another. And so all these Spondels together, contained one by an∣other are called the Ridge-bone, which is the foundation of all the shape of the Body. They with the la••t Spondell be contained or joyned to the Bones of the Haunches, and they be the upholders of all the Spondels. And these

Bones bee small towards the Taile-bone, and broad towards the Hanches, and before they joyne and make Os Pectinis. And so they bee broad in the parts of the Jles, and there∣fore some Authors calleth it Ylea. And each of these two Bones towards the Liver hath a great round hole, into which is received the Bone called Vertebra, or the Whorlebone. Also besides that place there is a great hole or way, thorow the which passeth from above Musculus Veynes and Artiers, and goe into the Thighes. And thus it is to bee noted, that of this Bone Pecten, and the Bone Vertebra, is made the juncture of the Thigh.

Now to speake of the parts contained, the first thing that commeth to sight is the Bladder, the which is an officiall member, compound of two Nervous Pannicles, in complexion cold and dry, whose Necke is carnous, and hath Muscles to with-hold, and to let goe: and in man it is long, and is contained with the yard, passing through Peritoneum, but in women it is shorter, and is contained with the Vulva. The place of the Bladder, is betweene the bone of the Share and the Tayle-gut, called Longaon, and in women, it is betweene the aforesaid bone and the Matrix.

And in it is implanted two long vessels

comming from the Kidneyes, who••e names be Porri Vrikcides, bringing with them the Urine or water from the Kidneys to the Blad∣der, which privily entreth into the holes of the Pannicles of the Bladder, by a naturall moving betweene Tunicle and Tunicle, and there the Urine findeth the hole of the nether Tunicle, and there it entreth privily into the concavity of the bladder, and the more that the Bladder is filled with Urine, the straiter bee the two Pannicles comprised together; for the holes of the Tunicles, be not even one a∣gainst another; and therefore if the bladder be never so full, there may none goe backe a∣gaine. The forme of it is round, the quantity of it is a Pitcher full, in some more, in some lesse, &c.

Also there is found two other vessels, called Vaza Seminaria, or the Spermaticke Vessels. And they come from Venakelis, bringing blood to the Testikles, as well in Man, as in Woman, the which by his further digestion it is made sperme or nature in men: they be put outward for the Testikles be without▪ but in women it abideth within, for their. Testikles stand within: as it shall be declared here∣after.

Next followeth the Matrix in women: the

Matrix in women is an officiall member, com∣pound and Nerveous, and in complexion cold and dry: and it is the field of mans generation, and it is an instrument susceptive, that is to say, a thing receiving or taking: and her proper place is betweene the Bladder and the Gut Longaon, the likenesse of it, is as it were a yard reversed and turned inward, having Testikles likewise, as aforesaid. Also the Matrix hath two Concavities or Selles, and no more, but all Beasts have as many Selles as they have Pappes-heads. Also it hath a long Necke like an Urinall, and in every Necke it hath a mouth, that is to say, one within, and another without. The inner in the time of conception is shut, and the outer part is open as it was before: and it hath in the middest a Lazartus Pannicle, which is called in Latine Tengit••: And in the creation of this Pannicle, is found two utilities. The first is, that by it goeth forth the Urine, or else it should bee shed throughout all the Vulva: The second is, that when a woman doth set her Thighs abroad▪ it altereth the ayre that commeth▪ to the Matrix for to temper the heate.

Furthermore, the Necke that is betweene these two aforesaid mouthes, in her concavity

hath many involusions and pleates, joyned together in the manner of Rose-leaves before they be fully spread or ripe, and so they be shut together as a purse mouth, so that no∣thing may passe forth but urine, untill the time of Childing. Also about the middle of this necke be certaine Veynes in Maydens, the which in time of deflowring, be corrupted and broken. Furthermore, in the sides of the outer mouth, are two Testicles or Stones, and also two vessels of Sperme, shorter then mans vessels, and in time of Coyt the Womans sperme is shead downe in the bottome of the Matrix. Also from the Liver there commeth to the Matrix many Veynes, bringing to the Child nourishing at the time of a womans be∣ing with Child: and those Veynes, at such time as the Matrix is voyd, bring thereto super∣fluities from certaine members of the Body, whereof are engendred womans Flowers, &c.

And forasmuch, as it hath pleased Almighty God to give the knowledge of these his Mi∣steries and Workes unto his Creatures in this present World. Heere J suppose to declare what thing Embreon is, and his Creation. The noble Philosophers, as Galen, Avicen, Bartholmeus▪ and divers others, writing upon this matter, say: That Embreon is a thing en∣gendred

in the Mothers wombe, the origin all whereof is, the Sperme of the Man and of the Woman, of the which is made by the might and power of GOD, in the mothers wombe a Child: as hereafter more at large shall bee declared. First, the field of Generation called the Matrix, or the Mother, is knowne in the Anatomy, whose place is properly (betwixt the Bladder and Longaon) in the Woman, in which place is sowne by the Tillage of man, a covenable matter of kindly heate: For kindly heate is cause efficient both of do∣ing and working, and Spirit that giveth vertue to the Body, and governeth and ruleth that vertue: the which Seed of generation com∣meth from all the parts of the Body, both of the Man and Woman, with consent and will of all Members, and is shead in the place of Conceiving, where thorow the vertue of Na∣ture, it is gathered together in the Celles of the Matrix or the Mother, in whom by the way of the working of mans Seede, and by the way of suffering of the Womans Seed mixt together, so that each of them worketh in other, and suffereth in other, there is en∣gendred Embreon. And further it is to bee noted, that this Sperme that commeth both to man and woman, is made and gathered of the

most best and purest drops of Blood in all the body, and by the labour and chafing of the Testikles or Stones, this Blood is turned into another kind, and is made Sperme. And in man it is hot, white, and thicke: wherefore it may not spread nor runne abroad of it selfe, but runneth and taketh temperance of the Womans sperme which hath contrary qua∣lities: For the womans sperme is thinner, colder, and feebler.

And as some Authors hold opinion, when this matter is gathered into the right side of the Matrix, then it happeneth a Male-kind, and likewise on the left the Female, and where the vertue is most, there it favoureth most. And further it is to bee noted, that like as the Renet of the Cheese hath by himselfe the way or vertue of working, so hath the Milke by way of suffering: and as the Renet and milke make the Cheese, so doth the sperme of Man and Woman make the generation of Embreon, of the which thing springeth (by the vertue of kindly heate) a certaine Skin or Caule, into the which it lappeth it selfe in, wherewith afterwards it is tyed to the Mo∣thers wombe, the which covering commeth forth with the byrth of the Childe: and if it happen that any of the Skinne remaine after

the byrth of the Child, then is the Woman in perill of her life.

Furthermore, (it is said) that of this Em∣breon is ingendred the Heart, the Liver, the Braynes, Nerves, Veynes, Arteirs, Chords, Lygaments, Skins, Gristles, and Bones, re∣ceiving to them by kindly vertue the men∣struall blood, of which is engendred both flesh and fatnesse. And as Writers say, the first thing that is shapen, be the principals: as is the Heart, Liver, and Braine. For of the Heart springeth the Artiers: of the Liver, the Veines: and of the Brain, the Nerves: and when these are made, Nature maketh and shapeth both Bones and Gristles to keepe and save them, as the bones of the head for the Brain: the Breast Bones, and the Ribbes, for the Heart and the Liver. And after these springeth all other members one after ano∣ther: and thus is the Child bred forth in foure degrees, as thus. The first is, when the said Sperme or Seed is at the first as it were Milke. The second is, when it is turned from that kind into another kind, is yet but as a lumpe of Blood, and this is called of Hypocrates, Fettus. The third degree is, when the principals be shapen, as the Heart, Liver, and Braine. The fourth and last, as when all the other members

bee perfectly shapen, then it receiveth the Soule, with Life and Breath, and then it be∣ginneth to move it selfe alone. Now in these foure degrees aforesaid, in the first as Milke, it continueth seven dayes▪ in the second as Fettus, nine dayes: in the third, as a lumpe of Flesh engendring the principals, the space of nine dayes: and in the fourth, unto the time of full perfection of all the whole members, is the space of eighteene dayes: So is there fixe and forty dayes from the day of Conception, unto the day of full perfection and receiving of the Soule, as God best knoweth.

Now to come againe to the Anatomy of the Haunches: Then come wee to Longaon, otherwise called the Taile-gut, whose sub∣stance is Pannicular, as of all the other Bowels: the length of it is of a span long stretching nigh to the Reynes, his nether part is called Annis, (that is to say) the Towell: and about him is found two Muscles, the one to open▪ the other to shut. Also there is found in him five Ve••nes or Branches of Veynes, called Venae Emoraidales, and they have Colliganes with the Bladder: whereof they are partners in their grieves.

And when this Longaon is raised up, then ye may see the Veynes and Artiers, and Si∣newes,

how they bee branched and bound down to the nether parts: the parts proceed∣ing outwardly, are Didimus Peritoneum, the Yard, the Testikles, and Buttocks. And first, it shall be spoken of the Yard, or of mans generative members, the which dureth unto that part that is called Peritoneum, the which place is from the Coddes, unto the Funda∣ment, whereupon is a seame. Wherefore saith the Philosopher, mans Yard is in the end and terme of the share.

The Yard is an officiall member, and the Tiller of mans generation, compound, and made of Skin, Brawnes, Tendons, Veynes, Arteirs, Sinewes, and great Lygaments: and it hath in it two passages, or principall issues, one for the Sperme, and another for the Urine. And as the Philosophers say, the quantity of a common yard, is eight or nine Inches, with measurable bignesse proportioned to the quan∣tity of the Matrix.

This member hath (as Avicen saith) three holes, through one passeth insensible polisions and wind, that causeth the Yard to rise: the other two holes is declared before. Also the yard hath a Skinne, and about the head there∣of, it is double, and that men call Praeputium; and this Skinne is moveable, for through his

consecration the Spermaticke matter is the bet∣ter, and sooner gathered together, and sooner cast forth from the Testikles; for by him, is had the most delectation in the doing. And the foremost part of the head of the Yard be∣fore, is made of a brawny flesh, the which if it bee once lost, it is never restored againe, but it may be well skinned, &c.

The Coddes is a compound member, and an officiall, and though it bee counted a∣mongst the generative members, yet it is cal∣led a principall member, because of gene∣ration. This Purse was ordained for the custody and comfort of the Testikles and o∣ther Spermaticke vessels: and it is also made of two parts, of inner and of the outer.

The outer is compound and made of Skinne, and Lazartus. Longitudinall and Trans∣versall, in like manner as the Myrac. The inner part of the Cods is of the substance of the Sifac, and are in similitude as two pockets drawne together by themselves, and they differ not from the Syfac: and there bee two, because if there fall any hurt to the one, the other should serve. The Testikles or stones bee two, made of Glandulus flesh, or Cur∣nelly flesh. And furthermore, through the Didimus, commeth the Testikles from the

Braine, Sinewes, and from the Heart Artiers, and from the Liver Veynes, bringing unto them both feeling and stirring, Life, and Spirit, and Nutrimentall blood, and the most purest blood of all other members of the Body, whereof is made the Sperme by the labour of the Testikles, the which is put forth in due time, as is before rehearsed.

The Groynes bee knowne: they bee the empty Junctures, or purging place unto the Liver, and they have curnelly flesh in the ply∣ing or bowing of the Thighes. The Hippes have great brawny flesh on them, and from thence descend downwards, Brawns, Chords, and Lygaments, moving and binding together the Thighes, with the Haunches themselues.