Note (5) — BOOK III.

5. Apply his hand to his wrist, ejus carpo manum admovere.) The word carpus appears suspicious, as it no where else occurs in Celsus. On the contrary, in describing this part he says, In manu vero, prima palmæ[ IW ] pars, &c. and Morgagni[ IX ] observes the old reading was corpori, and carpo only Constantine’s explication.