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Cowper, William, 1666-1709

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  • Myotomia reformata: or an anatomical treatise on the muscles of the human body ... To which is prefix'd an introduction concerning muscular motion / [William Cowper].
  • Myotomia reformata: or an anatomical treatise on the muscles of the human body ... To which is prefix'd an introduction concerning muscular motion / [William Cowper].
  • The head of a dead man with the mouth open showing interior, with details of tonsil and other parts of mouth and throat. Line engraving by A. Bell after G. Bidloo and W. Cowper, 1798.
  • The skin removed from the lower leg, exposing the muscles of the lower leg and the sole of the foot. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • Anatomia corporum humanorum centum et quatuor-decim tabulis ... ab excellentissimis, qui in Europa sunt, artificibus expressis ad vivum ... illustrata. Amplius explicata, multisque novis anatomicis inventis, chirurgicisque observationibus aucta a W.C / Accedunt eiusdem introductio in oeconomiam animalium ... Omnia nunc primum Latinitate donata. Curante G. Dundas, Brittanno [sic].
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    The muscles of the arm, elbow and shoulder and the bones of the lower arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

    Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711. | Date: 1739] | Reference: 27954i
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    The brain with the upper parts removed (above); the cerebellum (below). Line engraving by A. Bell after W. Cowper, 1798.

    Cowper, William, 1666-1709. | Date: [1798] | Reference: 688876i
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    The bones of the hand (fig.1: palmar; fig. 2: dorsal) and the wrist (fig. 3: detail of carpal bones). Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

    Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711. | Date: 1739] | Reference: 28382i
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    The bones of the arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

    Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711. | Date: 1739] | Reference: 28381i
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    An écorché figure gripping a piece of cloth, with left leg bent, seen from behind. Line engraving by J. Tinney, 1743, after W. Cowper.

    Cowper, William, 1666-1709. | Date: 1842 | Reference: 678809i
    Part of: A compendious treatise of anatomy
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