"Mediastinum" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Greek authors, but represent Arabic terms translated into Latin during the Renaissance period. Hyrtl, without pretence of quoting them all, gives a list of these which is surprising in its comprehensiveness. For instance, the mediastinum, the sutura sagittalis, the scrobiculus cordis, the marsupium cordis, the chambers of the heart, the velum palati, the trochanter, the rima glottidis, the fontanelles, the alae of the nose, all have their present names, not from original Latin expressions, but from the translation ...
— Old-Time Makers of Medicine • James J. Walsh |
