The London dissector; or, system of dissection, practised in the Hospitals and lecture rooms of the Metropolis, explained by the clearest rules, for the use of students: comprising a description of the muscles, vessels, nerves, and viscera, of the human body, as they appear on dissection; with directions for their demonstration / [Anon].
- Scratchley, James, 1784-1849.
- Date:
- 1813
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The London dissector; or, system of dissection, practised in the Hospitals and lecture rooms of the Metropolis, explained by the clearest rules, for the use of students: comprising a description of the muscles, vessels, nerves, and viscera, of the human body, as they appear on dissection; with directions for their demonstration / [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.
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![CHAP. I. DISSECTION OF THE ABDOMEN. IN dissecting a subject, it is usual to begin with the Muscles of the Abdomen. SECT. I. MUSCLES or THE ABDOMEN, AND THE PAHTS CONNECTED WITH THEM IN DIS- SECTION. E muscles are ten in number, five on each An incision should be made through the integu- ments, from the sternum to the os pubis; and this should be crossed to another passing immediately below the umbilicus: dissect off the flaps; this will lay bare. ]. The Obliquus Descendf.ns Externus.— Origin : By eight triangular fleshy slips from the lower edges and external surfaces of the eight inferior ribs, at a little distan'ce from their cartilages; the five superior slips meet on the ribs an equal number of the digitations of the serratus major anticus, and the three inferior are connected with the attachments which the latissimus dorsi has to the ribs. Often there are only seven portions. To gain a complete view of this muscle, the neighbouring portions of](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21304476_0031.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
