Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Supplement to Descartes and the Pineal Gland

Figure 4

Figure 4

Figure 4.. The Worm According to Mondino (view from the left). In this diagram, there is a “worm” (“vermis”) between the anterior and middle ventricles, in conformity with Mondino's Anothomia (Reisch 1535, p. 883).

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