The anatomy of humane bodies with figures drawn after the life by some of the best masters in Europe and curiously engraven in one hundred and fourteen copper plates : illustrated with large explications containing many new anatomical discoveries and chirurgical observations : to which is added an introduction explaining the animal œconomy : with a copious index / by William Cowper.

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The anatomy of humane bodies with figures drawn after the life by some of the best masters in Europe and curiously engraven in one hundred and fourteen copper plates : illustrated with large explications containing many new anatomical discoveries and chirurgical observations : to which is added an introduction explaining the animal œconomy : with a copious index / by William Cowper.
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Cowper, William, 1666-1709.
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Oxford :: Printed at the Theater for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford ... London,
1698.
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Human anatomy -- Atlases.
Human anatomy -- Early works to 1800.
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"The anatomy of humane bodies with figures drawn after the life by some of the best masters in Europe and curiously engraven in one hundred and fourteen copper plates : illustrated with large explications containing many new anatomical discoveries and chirurgical observations : to which is added an introduction explaining the animal œconomy : with a copious index / by William Cowper." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A34837.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 24, 2025.

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Fig. 1.

THE Upper and Fore-parts of the Penis and Bladder of Urine, well Exprest after a Curious Dissection.

A A, The Cavernous Bodies of the Penis Whole.

B B, That Part of the Skin which Composes the Praeputium.

b, The Reduplication or Inner Membrane of the Praeputium.

C D, The Blood-Vessels which Adorn the Up∣per-part or Dorsum Penis.

E, The Glans or Balanus.

About the Neck of the Glans where the Pre∣puce is join'd to the Penis, are plac'd the Glan∣dulae Odoriferae, taken Notice of by the Accu∣rate Anatomist Dr. Tyson. These separate a Mat∣ter, which serves to Lubricate the Prepuce, and make it slide easily on the Glans. These Glan∣dules of the Prepuce are frequently very much Tumified in Venereal Contacts, and especially if these Parts happen to be Ulcerated, whence a Foetide Matter proceeds.

F F, The Urine Bladder Open'd.

G G, Parts of the Ureters next the Bladder.

H H, Portions of the Vasa Deferentia.

I I, Parts of the Vesiculae Seminales in View.

K, The Caruncula or Caput Gallinaginis, and Ostiolae Prostatarum as they Appear after the Fore-part of the Urethra is Divided.

K L, The Prostatae whose Upper-part is Di∣vided with the Urethra.

M, The Vein of the Penis which is Comprest in an Erection, by a Ligament plac'd under the Ossa pubis.

N N, The Two Arteries of the Penis.

O O, The Nerves.

P P, The Corpora Cavernosa free'd from the Ossa Pubis and their Musculi Erectores.

Q Q, Parts of the Musculus Accelerator Uri∣nae free'd from the Bulb of the Cavernous Body of the Urethra, and Expanded.

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