Engravings of the Bones, Muscles, and Joints; Illustrating the First Volume of the Anatomy of the Human Body (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1804 Excerpt: ...of the eye, they form what is called the Albuginia, or white coat of the eye. There There remains but one muscle belonging to the eye, and that is, the Levator PalpeBrae Superioris (4); which is explained in Figure XIII. where it is seen rising from the upper part of the Optic Hole at (-), along with the other muscles; it lies over all the other muscles, and expands into a thin and membraneous flesh (h), which runs imperceptibly into the substance of the upper eye-lid; and seems to end in (c) the Tarsus, or Cartilaginous hoop of the eye-lid. The XIV Figure of this plate, explains the muscles of the outward ear, as they are expressed by Cowper. Where (17) marks the Superior Auris or Atollens; and (19) the Posterior Auris or Retrahens, as they are explained in the book of the muscles, p. 240. Ma PLATE 1 HIS plate belongs chiefly to the Throat; explains the Cartilaginous and bony parts, of which the upper part of the throat and especially the flute part or Larynx is formed; Ihows the Os Hyoides; the Thyroid, Cricoid, and Arytenoid Cartilages; the Epiglottis; and the Membranes and Muscles by which these Cartilages are connected, so as to form a rigid tube consisting of parts moveable upon one another, and yet so firm upon the whole, as to be a protection to all the more delicate parts of the throat, and to be the center of all the motions of the Jaws, and Tongue, and Windpipe, and Gullet; or of the Larynx and Pharynx, as they are called. THIS Plate explains sirst all the individual parts one by one; and then joins them, showing how the whole is composed; without which regular form of demonstration, nothing could be clearly understood of parts so very intricate and difficult, aud having so long a catalogue of hard names connected with them. a FIRST FIRS..