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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Fig. 2.

The Internal Concave Part of the Right Shoulder-blade.

A B B, Various Eminencies on the Inside of the Scapula, whence the Fibres of the Musculus Subscapularis take their Origin.

C, The Inferior Angle of the Scapula.

D, The Superior Angle of the Scapula.

E Superior, The Processus Coracoides.

F F G, The Foramina for the Blood-Vessels, which pass in and out from the Meditullium of the Bone.

G Inferior, The Sinus of the Short Process of the Scapula, in which the Head of the Os Hu∣meri is receiv'd.

G Superior, The Internal or Lower Part of the Acromion of the Scapula.

H, The Cervix or Neck of the Short Process.

N. B. From C to D, is call'd the Basis Scapulae; From D to F, the Costa Superior; From H to C, the Costa Inferior Scapulae.

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