A compleat treatise of the muscles as they appear in humane body, and arise in dissection with diverse anatomical observations not yet discover'd : illustrated by near fourty copper-plates, accurately delineated and engraven / by John Browne ...
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A compleat treatise of the muscles as they appear in humane body, and arise in dissection with diverse anatomical observations not yet discover'd : illustrated by near fourty copper-plates, accurately delineated and engraven / by John Browne ...
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Browne, John, 1642-ca. 1700.
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In the Savoy :: Printed by Tho. Newcombe for the author,
1681.
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Subject terms
Muscles.
Human anatomy -- Early works to 1800.
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"A compleat treatise of the muscles as they appear in humane body, and arise in dissection with diverse anatomical observations not yet discover'd : illustrated by near fourty copper-plates, accurately delineated and engraven / by John Browne ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A29838.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 3, 2024.
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Iliacus Externus vel Pyriformis.
THis Circumagent Motion is performed when the Thigh
is Circumverted; which thus happens: when stand∣ing
with the Right Foot firm upon the Ground, we
move the Thigh obliquely; this Motion is twofold, for its
either brought outwards or inwards: outwards when the Knee
is moved outwards, and the Heel inwards: inwards when the
Knee is brought to the Ham, and the Heel forwards; Amongst
these Circumagent Muscles this is reckoned the first
It ariseth thick and Fleshy from the three lower Vertebres of
the Os Sacrum, and running transversly becomes a round Ten∣don,
and is inserted into the fourth impression of the great Ro∣tator,
This draws the Thigh upwards, outwards, and back∣wards,
this is allowed the thickest Muscle in Human Body, and
is stuffed out with wonderful variety of Fibres.
This is shewn at Tab. 28. at M. f. Shews its beginning, g. Its
Tendon, H. Tab. 29. Shews the same in situ, K. Shews the same
laid bare, L. Shews its beginning, M. Its long and slender Ten∣don,
This you have laid bare at Tab. 32. at L.