The anatomist's vade-mecum : containing a concise and accurate description of the structure, situation, and use of every part of the human body. To which is added, an explanation of anatomical terms. For the use of students, &c. / by Robert Hooper.

  • Hooper, Robert, 1773-1835.
Date:
1797
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Credit: The anatomist's vade-mecum : containing a concise and accurate description of the structure, situation, and use of every part of the human body. To which is added, an explanation of anatomical terms. For the use of students, &c. / by Robert Hooper. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    [ ] ScAPHA. The defrejfion of the outer ear before the anti- helix j from (ry.ca^ri a little boat or Ibiff 3 from cTKOiTtlcv to dig, becaufe llciffs were formerly only trees made hollow. ScAPHOiDES. ^ hone of the carpus, fo called from it’s refemblance to a fkiff^ from CKOcpr] a f]<iff, and eihs a likenefs. Scapula. The Jhoulder-hladefrom (ryxirlco. Sclerotic, A term applied to the oiitermof or hardeji membrane of the eye-, from to make hard. Sella turcica. So called from it’s fuppofed refem- blance to a Turkitli faddle. Septum. Any partition or dimfion •, from fepio io tn- clofe. Sesamoid bones ; from cnjo'aw.ij an Indian grain, and £i^os a likenefs, from their refemblance to the femen fefami. Sigmoid. Parts arefo called from their rejelhblance to the letter 2 j from S the letter Sigma, and likenefs. Sinus. A cavity, from xevo; void. SphjEnoid rone j from epry a wedge, and £<00; a likenefs, it being fhaped like a wedge. Sphincter. The name of feveral mufcles, vohofe of- fee it is to Jhut up the aperture around vahich they are placed) from crpJyuj to fliut up. Spine ^ the body 5 fo called from the thorn-like pro- celTes of the vertebrae j from fpina a thorn. Splanchnology. The dodirine of thevifeera-, from <nrdctyyeoy an entrail, and A070; a difeourfe.