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The anatomy of the humane body. With XXXI copper-plates / by W. Cheselden.

  • William Cheselden
Date:
1722
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The anatomy of the humane body. With XXXI copper-plates / by W. Cheselden. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Fibres of the Heart of a Man, nearer its Yertex then the Bafe, as ]arge as a Sixpence, perfectly offified. And fho’ it might feem that the Bones while they appear Cartilaginous differ from per fed Bones only in hardnefs, yet in a Child or two Years old that I kept in Yinegar, all the Bones grew near as foft and pliable as the fiefhy parts, tho’ the Skin in feveral places was not taken off, jet the Cartilages and Car¬ tilaginous Epiphyfes of the Bones were but lit¬ tle alter’d. , Bones that are without motion, as thofe of the Scull, the Of a innomtnaia, &c. and alfo Bones with their Epiphyfes when they meet prefs into each other, and form Sutures, which foon difappear in thofe that meet, while their offific matter is foft 5 but thofe that gain a greater degree of hardnefs before they meet, prefs more rudely into each other, and make more uneven Sutures, feme of which in the Scull endure to the greatefl: Age, and very Tab. Hi often the offific matter not flowing far enoughr* 2* to complete a Bone, the part uncompleted has an oliification begun in its Center, and is form'd i into a diftind Bone, which may happen to be of any Figure *, thefe Bones are ofteneft found in the Lambdoidal Suture, and are call’d Ofa Tab. iii. Triquetra. But the ends of thofe Bones thatZ9' are intended for motion, are hinder’d joyning dn either of thefe manners by the Cartilages which cover them * for when thefe Cartilages B 2 are