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 19, 2025.

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Fig. 1.

IS Part of the Dura Ma∣ter, together with the Falx, dri'd.

A A, The Falx suppor∣ted, so as to shew its pro∣per Extent and Figure.

B B, The Sinus Falcis Superior or Longitudina∣lis, opened.

C, The Sinus Falcis Inferior, not distinguished in this Figure.

D D, &c. The Orifices of Veins opening into the Longitudinal Sinus, and Trunks of other Veins going to it.

E, The Beginning of the Longitudinal Sinus at the Os Crista Galli.

F F, The Left Lateral Sinus.

G G G, Two Parts of the Quadruplicatures of the Dura Mater, lying between the Cerebrum and Cerebellum.

H H, &c. The Sticks, Thread, and Pins made use of, to support the Membrane in drying it.

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