Anatomicorum Legis

[Endovelicus 613]

   Anatomicorum legis

-Written by Bishop Kristoff over the years-

 

1st of Malin’s Welcome, after a skirmish against heathens, I Kristoff von Herrick man-at-arms of the Sacred Order of Saint Amyas discovered a skeleton near their camp. I asked the current chaplain if I could study the skeleton, he said yes as long as I did not harm the skeleton itself. So I  studied the skeleton, I always liked the human body, not in a macabre way but in a fascinating view. Why did our Lord gives us this, or that? That is what I attempt to answer.

 

 

-A drawing of the skeleton is here,-

I started from the top down, first the skull. I found that the skull divides itself into many different sections. Making me believe that the skull forms from separate parts in the womb and then joins together, molding itself into shape.

After I got from the skull I went down, to the jaw. I saw a joint, it allows us to move our jaws up and down, not much there. I expected such.

I moved down to the neck I inspected it thoroughly, I expected to find a joint, but I did not. After some more inspection I uncovered the mystery, the bone connecting to the skull bends allowing us to move, the same bone come down until it hits the “nether” regions, making us able to bend our back and be more agile.

After that I moved to the ribs, nothing too special, it seems it is used to keep something protected like armour, perhaps it keeps both physical and spiritual harm from the heart? After all, the heart is where we keep the Lord.

Then the limbs. I looked around there, more joints. Although the upper joint in the shoulder is free moving, the second join is much like door hinges. Oddly enough the the bone of the lower arm splits into two, this puzzles me. Then the hand, they have many little bones for mobility, and a free moving joint in the wrist.

Then we move down to the spine, it bends and it needs a strong muscular support for it to stand. The backbone can bend permanently though creating a hunch, like Wyl the hunchback, an old man that got his backbone deformed, how the bone itself is able to deform and not get into the previous position, I do not know.

Then we enter the whips, the nearest point of the “nether” regions. They attach the legs to the rest of the body, having a free moving joint. Then in the knee a hinge joint and in ankle a joint very much like the wrist. Oddly enough the arms and legs resemble each other very closely, even having the lower bone split.

 

2nd of Grand Harvest, today while going on my patrol around adrianople, I found a man that had been mauled by a bear, may he find his peace. My curiosity took the better of me, so I kneeled and did a quick sketch,

 

There I found the heart, a lung, a small sack that had a weird liquid in it-the bear torned it open- and what I believe are the kidneys. Of course immediately after I did my inspection, I fetched a priest for a proper burial.

 

From my quick research I found that the heart moved around the blood, I knew it had to do with something related to blood, but know I know what it is. The blood circles around the body, perhaps spreading small chewed bits of food to the body? This is all a theory, I would only know if I actually disturbed the body, and that is sin.

 

I then took a look of what I presumed that was the lung. I only saw one. It was attached to a canal that separated itself into two, so maybe the bear got the other lung. That canal merged with another and went towards the oral cavity and the nose I believe. So the lungs may be used in breathing. I also saw that the lungs were heavily connected to the heart, so the blood may also bring air to the body. So that is why we die when we hold our breath.

 

I then looked at the sack below the lung and heart. It was connected to the mouth by a canal that merges with the breathing canal that then creates a single canal. I believe it is used for eating? There was this liquid oozing from it, I took a small sample.

 

I moved down to what I believed it was the kidneys. I have no clue what they do, but they also are connected to the heart with many branches connecting it to the place where we keep our love for the Lord. So it is an important place.

 

 

-A detailed drawing of what the author calls a kidney is here-

 

I looked down and had a glimpse of what we call “gut”, I could not study it, the wound did not go that far down, and I did not want to open the body more, it is sin to do so.

 

 

OOC: This is the work of my old char, Bishop Kristoff, he was a healer and a priest. I plan on working on this in parcels, releasing little bits at a time.

[Draeris 3124]

{{Very interesting, good to see a revival in medical RP on LotC.}}

[Salvo 1852]

"And so, Father Kristoff lives on." says Grim, a faint smile under his helmet.

 

 

"This is his legacy, and as such, it must be preserved."

[thesmellypocket 1859]

Adolf Von Manstein smirks "These are good works. My work mainly lay in balancing the humours in order to solve issues, but even so, this work may have been useful...."

[JuliusAakerlund 2402]

"Fantastic work, i'll make sure to read through it descriptively." Carr says as he leans back in his chair.

[DagonsChosen 85]

Simon finishes working over the detailed work of the esteemed Bishop, and scratches his shaved chin, wondering to himself "What about the whips... Why are they shaped like that? There must be some purpose..."

[AndrewTech 3329]

The Specter of Doctor Mandru VonSchlichten approves, though he thinks that he'd discovered the basic principles of this research long ago, in life

Nevertheless, he's glad that someone decided to publish it and rediscover it for themselves. It's also a lot cleaner than the raw work and information inside of his head, so he gives the author kudos for that as he looks over the shoulder of a random scientist. +1
 

[Lita 677]

Silvia taps a finger against her lips as she scans the title and contents of the book in passing, before jotting down a note to return in her journal.

 

"Quite interesting."

[osumanduas 1442]

*Edmond de Montfort shivers.

"Somebodys a necrophiliac. Somebody stop this man and his probable future of grave digging." 

[Endovelicus 613]

*Edmond de Montfort shivers.

"Somebodys a necrophiliac. Somebody stop this man and his probable gravedigging." 

The sould of Kristoff would note that he never gravedigged for that is sin, and that he takes no sexual plesure in seeing dead bodies. 

[Heero 4092]

Moved to the Archive. It shall be sorted into the appropriate category shortly.