A systeme of anatomy, treating of the body of man, beasts, birds, fish, insects, and plants illustrated with many schemes, consisting of variety of elegant figures, drawn from the life, and engraven in seventy four folio copper-plates. And after every part of man's body hath been anatomically described, its diseases, cases, and cures are concisely exhibited. The first volume containing the parts of the lowest apartiments of the body of man and other animals, etc. / by Samuel Collins ...

Tab. LXVIII.

Fig. 1. The Head of a Garfish opened.

• THis Fish is very remarkable for its Head, as having a long Process affixed to it, full of many Asperities, as so many Teeth, holding its Aliment when first seiz∣ed. This oblong Process much resembleth the Beak of a Woodcock, Godvit, or Curlue in Figure.
• † The Brain of this Fish consisteth of four pair of Protuberancys. The First † are the most minute, and seem to be endued with a Conical Figure.
• † b b. The Second pair † appear to be adorned with a triangular shape, and do ex∣ceed the first in dimensions.
• † c c. The Third pair † are the largest of all the Processes, and are adorned with an ob∣long Oval Figure.
• † d d. The Fourth pair † are dressed with a kind of inverted Pyramidal Figur, by reason their Bases are placed upward, and their Cones downward: This pair doth con∣stitute the Cerebellum of this Fish.
• † e e. The Medulla Spinalis † is much akin to that of other Fish in situation and Fi∣gure.

Fig. 2. The Head of a Grey Mullet opened.

• The Brain of this delicate Fish is composed of Three pair of Protuberancies.
• † a a. The First † is beautified with a kind of Triangular shape.
• † b b. The Second pair of Processes † is adorned with an orbicular shape.
• † c c. The Third pair † is dressed with an Oval Figure, parted by a Fissure in the mid∣dle, into two equal parts, which make the Cerebellum.
• † d d. The optick Nerves † are like those of other Fish in situation and progress, and do arise under the first pair of Processes, and take an oblique transverse course toward the inside of the Eyes.

Fig. 3. The Head of a Salmon-Peal opened.

• The Brain of this Fish is made up of three pair of Prominencies.
• † a a. The First pair † are very small, and dressed with an orbicular Figure.
• † b b. The Second pair † are much greater then the First, and are decked with an oblong Oval Figure.
• † c c. The Third pair † are Ovals, and as I conceive, do represent the Cerebellum.
• † d d. The Medulla Spinalis † is the same with other Fish both in Shape and Situa∣tion.

Fig. 4. The Head of a Horse-Mackerel opened.

• The Brain of this Fish seemed to be composed of many Processes.
• † a. The First rank † is three in number, endued with a Globular Figure.
• † b b. The Second rowe † is a pair of Oval Protuberancies, much exceeding the other in bigness.
• † c. The Third seemeth to consist of three Processes.
• † d d. The middle one † is endued with an orbicular Shape, and the other being late∣ral, seem to be endued, as far as they appear, with Semi-circular Figures.
• † e. The posterior Processes †, being the Cerebellum, is dressed with a Triangular Fi∣gure.
• † f f. The Medulla Spinalis † is divided into two equal parts, by the mediation of a Fissure.

Fig. 5. The lower region of the Brain of a Horse-Mackerel.

• † a a a a. The lower region of the Brain of a Horse-Mackerel is composed of four Protu∣berancies †, which are endued with a Globular Figure.

[illustration] engraving of dissected fish head

Tab. 68.