him how the Bones, Muscles, Blood-Vessels, Cartilages, Tendons, Ligaments and Membranes lie in the Limbs and more conspicuous Parts of the Body, so far the Ancients went: And here, there is very little that the Moderns have any Right to pretend to as their own Discoveries; though any Man, that understands these things, must own, That these are the first things which offer themselves to an Anatomist's View.
Here I shall beg Leave to descend to Particulars, because I have not seen any Comparison made between Ancient and Modern Anatomy, wherein I could acquiesce; whilst some, as Mr. Glanvile (t)(t) Essay of Modern Improvements of useful Knowledge., and some others who seem to have copied from him, have allowed the Ancients less than was their Due; others, as Vander Linden and Almeloveen (u)(u) Inventa Nov. Antiqua., have attributed more to them than came to their Share; especially since (though perhaps it may be a little tedious, yet) it cannot be called a Digression.
Hippocrates (w)(w) De Glandulis pag 148. §. 7. Edit. Vander Linden. took the Brain to be a Gland. His Opinion was nearer to the Truth than any of his Successors; but he seems to have thought it to be a similar Substance, which it evidently is not. And therefore, when several Parts of it were discovered not to be glandulous,his
