Other
veins, more minute, extend from the main veins; from that on the right
towards the liver, from that on the left towards the spleen and the
kidneys. The veins that run to the legs split at the juncture of the
legs with the trunk and extend right down the thigh. The largest of
these goes down the thigh at the back of it, and can be discerned
and traced as a big one; the second one runs inside the thigh, not
quite as big as the one just mentioned. After this they pass on
along the knee to the shin and the foot (as the upper veins were
described as passing towards the hands), and arrive at the sole of the
foot, and from thence continue to the toes. Moreover, many delicate
veins separate off from the great veins towards the stomach and
towards the ribs.
'The veins that run through the throat to the head can be
discerned and traced in the neck as large ones; and from each one of
the two, where it terminates, there branch off a number of veins to
the head; some from the right side towards the left, and some from the
left side towards the right; and the two veins terminate near to
each of the two ears. There is another pair of veins in the neck
running along the big vein on either side, slightly less in size
than the pair just spoken of, and with these the greater part of the
veins in the head are connected.
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