Human skeleton - Early works to 1800
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A Very curious and particular account of some skeletons of human bodies , Discovered in an ancient tomb in France, near the village of Cocherel, situate between Evreux and Vernon, and of some remarkable stones and other things found therein. To which the various opinions and conjectures concerning the origin and antiquity of these bodies are added. Translated from the French. As also a circumstantial account of some petrified human bodies, found last February, standig upright in a rock that was blown up by gun-powder, near the city of Aix in Provence. With a letter to the publisher relative thereto.
Date: 1760- Books
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Cursus osteologicus; being a compleat doctrine of the bones : according to the newest, and most refin'd notions of anatomy. Shewing their nature, substance, composition, manner of ossification, nourishment ... To which is annexd by way of appendix, an excellent method of whitening, cleansing, preparing, and uniting the bones, to form a movable skeleton, wherein the bones may have the same motions as in a living subject. The whole being a work very useful and necessary for all students in physick and chirurgery. / By Robert Baker. Chirurgion.
Baker, Robert (Surgeon)Date: 1699