On the use of the sutures in the bones of animals : read before the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester, December 1, 1803.

  • Gibson, B. F. (Benjamin F.), 1938-
Date:
1805
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Credit: On the use of the sutures in the bones of animals : read before the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester, December 1, 1803. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of sutures comprehends and accounts for those concomitant circumstances, which were con- sidered by older anatomists as their real use ; and as far as I can see, is not contradicted by any fact connected with them. of it to me, it has not been thought improper to give this essay a place in these Memoirs. But whilst the reader will see, by the following quotation, the near resemblance between the opinion of Professor Soemmerring and that which I have brought forward, I hope the character of plagiarist or compiler will not be attributed to me. “ Usus horum sic sese habentium terminorum ossa cranii inter bene liquet. “ Incrementum ambitus calvaries levant, ni enim inter “ ossa capitis mox post partum suturae interponerentur, “ haec crescere non possent, nisi alia ratione natura rein “ institueret. Tali igitur modo incrementum. calvaria? “ cum incremento reliquorum ossium convenit; initio enim “ suturis, vel potius lineis cartilaginosis ossa iis locis con- glutinantur, verum tamen non nisi in embrionibus ad “ fonticulos, ut aiunt, hmc linea notabili latitudiue, “ observatur. Ossibus enim capitis hie locorum cercbro <c crescentc, placide quasi diductis, cartilago augetur, latior if evasura, nisi pristina pars simul in os mutaretur, hide “ ossa cal v arise, eodem modo, quo ossa longa diductis <( epiphysibus, vel quod unum idemque est, margin!bus “ crescere, liquet, etsi in ossibus, longis sutura epiphyses “ inter et diaphysin non crispetur. “ Quo junior igitur infans, eo minus crispa et iinplexa “ sutura, vel ut rectius loquar, linea caVlilaginosa angusta, “ ossa jungens, observatur. Quum vero aucta aetate ossa, “ crescente cerebro, diducuntur, eorumque crassitude, ft ad]>osita cum internee, turn* extern ye potissimmn tabula, B 2