'And Moses chose seventy men of his tribe to [attend] our appointed time；to each man a pair of eyes.'
And the set portion which lacks the formula'To whom [God]belong might and majesty，'is that which comprises the chapters'The Hour draweth nigh and the Moon is cloven in twain，'The Compassionate'and 'The Event.'And the professor departed in confusion.
Then came forward the skilled physician and said to her'We have done with theology and come now to physiology. Tell me，thereforehow is man madehow many veinsbones and vertebr忙are there in his bodywhich is the chief vein and why Adam was named Adam？'Adam was called Adam，'answered she'because of the udmehto witthe tawny colour of his complexion and also（it is said）because he was created of the adim of the earth，that is to sayof the soil of its surface. His breast was made of the earth of the Kaabehhis head of earth from the East and his legs of earth from the West. There were created for him seven doors [or openings] in his headto witthe eyesthe earsthe nostrils and the mouthand two passagesthe urethra and the anus. The eyes were made the seat of the sense of sightthe ears of that of hearingthe nostrils of that of smellthe mouth of that of taste and the tongue to speak forth what is in the innermost heart of man. Adam was originally created of four elements combinedwaterearthfire and air.
The yellow bile is the humour of firebeing hot and drythe black bile that of earthbeing cold and drythe phlegm that of waterbeing cold and moistand the blood that of air，being hot and moist. There are in man three hundred and threescore veinstwo hundred and forty bones and three souls[or natures]the animalthe rational and the essential or[natural]to each of which is allotted a separate function.
MoreoverGod made him a heart and spleen and lungs and six guts and a liver and two kidneys and marrow [or brain] and buttocks and bones and skin and five senseshearingseeing，smelltaste and touch. The heart He set on the left side of the breast and made the stomach the exemplar [or governor]thereof. He appointed the lungs for a ventilator to the heart and set the liver on the right sideopposite thereto. Moreover，He madebesides thisthe midriff and the intestines and set up the bones of the breast and ribbed them with the ribs.'
（Q.）'How many ventricles are there in a man's head？'（A.）'Three，which contain five facultiesstyled the intrinsic sensesi.e.
common sensefancythoughtapperception and memory.'（Q.）
'Describe to me the scheme of the bones.'（A.）'It consists of two hundred and forty boneswhich are divided into three parts，the headthe trunk and the extremities. The head is divided into skull and face. The skull is constructed of eight bones，and to it are attached the teethtwo-and- thirty in number，and the hyo茂d boneone. The trunk is divided into spinal column，breast and basin. The spinal column is made up of four-and-twenty bonescalled vertebr忙the breast of the breastbone and the ribs，which are four-and-twenty in numbertwelve on each sideand the basin of the hipsthe sacrum and the coccyx. The extremities are divided into arms and legs. The arms are again divided into shouldercomprising shoulder-blades and collar-bonethe upper-armone bonethe fore-armcomposed of two bonesthe radius and the ulnaand the handconsisting of the wristthe metacarpus and the fingers. The wrist is composed of eight bonesranked in two rowseach comprising four bones；the metacarpus of five and the fingerswhich are five in numberof three bones each，called the phalange***cept the thumbwhich has but two.
The lower extremities are divided into thighone boneleg，composed of three bonesthe tibiathe fibula and the kneepan，and the footdivided like the handwith the exception of the wristwhich is composed of seven bonesranged in two rowstwo in one and five in the other.'（Q.）'Which is the root of the veins？'（A.）'The aorta from which they ramifyand they are manynone knoweth the tale of them save He who created them；butas I have before observedit is said that they are three hundred and threescore in number. MoreoverGod hath appointed the tongue to interpret [for the thought]the eyes to serve as lanternsthe nostrils to smell withand the hands for prehensors. The liver is the seat of pitythe spleen of laughter and the kidneys of craft；the lungs are the ventilatorsthe stomach the storehouse and the heart the pillar [or mainstay] of the body. When the heart is soundthe whole body is soundand when the heart is corruptthe whole body is corrupt.'（Q.）'What are the outward signs and symptoms of disease in the members of the bodyboth internal and external？'（A.）'A physicianwho is a man of understanding，looks into the state of the body and is guided by the feel of the handsaccording as they are firm [or flabby]hot or cool，moist or dry. Internal disorders are also indicated by external symptomssuch as yellowness of the [whites of the] eyeswhich denotes jaundiceand bending of the backwhich denotes disease of the lungs.'（Q.）'What are the internal symptoms of disease？'（A.）'The science of the diagnosis of disease by internal symptoms is founded upon six canonsto wit（1）the actions [of the patient]（2）what is evacuated from his body（3）the nature and（4）site of the pain he feels（5）swelling and（6）the effluvia given off by his body.'（Q.）'How cometh hurt to the head？'（A.）'By the introduction of food upon food，before the first be digestedand by satiety upon satiety；this it is that wasteth peoples.
