A treatise on ligaments / By Bransby B. Cooper.

  • Bransby Blake Cooper
Date:
1825
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on ligaments / By Bransby B. Cooper. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    adapting the parts which form the joint more perfectly to each other. When synovia is secreted in a healthy state, it is a trans- parent fluid of the consistence of albumen, very viscid, and, when agitated, confining a considerable quantity of air. Its use in joints is, by lubricating the cartilaginous surfaces of articulated bones, to prevent abrasion, and facilitate their motion.
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