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The layers of the scalp, and the cerebral ventricles 1 Hair; scalp; muscular flesh; pericranium arises from the dura mater; cranium, that is, bone; dura mater; pia mater; brain 2 Hair; scalp; flesh; pericranium 3 Hair; scalp; lacertus flesh; pericranium; cranium; pia mater; dura mater; brain 4 If you will cut an onion through the middle you will be able to see and enumerate all the coats or rinds which circularly clothe the centre of this onion. 5 Similarly if you will cut through the middle of the head of a man you will first cut the hairs, then the scalp, then the muscular flesh and pericranium, then the cranium; and inside, the dura mater, the pia mater and the brain; then again the pia mater and dura mater and the rete mirabile and then the bone, their foundation.

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