1008. As for the Liver, it works gently, and in fact near to the head-thus almost touching the head, beneath the province of the Spleen. These spirits function in quite gentle spiral motions, and in doing so, separate [the defiled blood]. The gyres in which their operation moves are diversely orbicular.
1008. As regards the liver: [Those who constitute this province] act mildly, and indeed near the head, thus almost in contact with the head beneath the province of the spleen. They act by quite mild gyres, and thus separate [the impurities of the blood]. The gyres into which their operation flows are diverse, but orbicular.
1008. Quod Hepar attinet, mite agit, et quidem prope caput, sic fere ad tactum 1
capitis subter Lienis provinciam, ii per gyros satis lenes agunt, et sic separant, gyri, in quos fluit eorum operatio, sunt diversi 2
, sed orbiculares.
Footnotes:
1. in J.F.I. Tafel's edition tractum substituit
2. The Manuscript has est diversus