[357] My suggestion is that Galen refers to (1) the mucous coat, with its valvulae conniventes, and (2) the muscular coat, of which the chief layer is made up of circular fibres. cf. p. 262, [note 1].
[358] Or utility.
[359] Relationship between physiology and pathology again emphasized. cf. p. 188, [note 2].
[360] Or physicist—the investigator of the Physis or Nature. cf. p. 196, [note 2]. Note here the use of analogical reasoning. cf. p. 113, [note 2].
[363] Galen’s idea is that if reversal of the direction of flow can occur in the primae viae (in vomiting), it may also be expected to occur in the secundae viae or absorptive channels.
[364] For this “delivery,” “up-yield,” or anadosis, v. p. 13, [note 5].
[365] The mesenteric veins.
[366] Linacre renders: “Una omnium confluxio ac conspiratio”; and he adds the marginal note “Totum corpus nostrum est conspirabile et confluxile per meatus communes.” cf. p. [48].