Of these
investigators, Syennesis, the physician of Cyprus, writes as follows:-
'The big veins run thus:-from the navel across the loins, along
the back, past the lung, in under the breasts; one from right to left,
and the other from left to right; that from the left, through the
liver to the kidney and the testicle, that from the right, to the
spleen and kidney and testicle, and from thence to the penis.'
Diogenes of Apollonia writes thus:-
'The veins in man are as follows:-There are two veins
pre-eminent in magnitude. These extend through the belly along the
backbone, one to right, one to left; either one to the leg on its
own side, and upwards to the head, past the collar bones, through
the throat. From these, veins extend all over the body, from that on
the right hand to the right side and from that on the left hand to the
left side; the most important ones, two in number, to the heart in the
region of the backbone; other two a little higher up through the chest
in underneath the armpit, each to the hand on its side: of these
two, one being termed the vein splenitis, and the other the vein
hepatitis. Each of the pair splits at its extremity; the one
branches in the direction of the thumb and the other in the
direction of the palm; and from these run off a number of minute veins
branching off to the fingers and to all parts of the hand.
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