Myotomia reformata, or, A new administration of all the muscles of humane bodies wherein the true uses of the muscles are explained, the errors of former anatomists concerning them confuted, and several muscles not hitherto taken notice of described : to which are subjoin'd a graphical description of the bones, and other anatomical observations : illustrated with figures after the life / by William Cowper, Surgeon.

About this Item

Title
Myotomia reformata, or, A new administration of all the muscles of humane bodies wherein the true uses of the muscles are explained, the errors of former anatomists concerning them confuted, and several muscles not hitherto taken notice of described : to which are subjoin'd a graphical description of the bones, and other anatomical observations : illustrated with figures after the life / by William Cowper, Surgeon.
Author
Cowper, William, 1666-1709.
Publication
London :: Printed for Sam. Smith and Ben. Walford,
1694.
Rights/Permissions

To the extent possible under law, the Text Creation Partnership has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above, according to the terms of the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). This waiver does not extend to any page images or other supplementary files associated with this work, which may be protected by copyright or other license restrictions. Please go to http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/ for more information.

Subject terms
Muscles -- Early works to 1800.
Anatomy -- Early works to 1800.
Cite this Item
"Myotomia reformata, or, A new administration of all the muscles of humane bodies wherein the true uses of the muscles are explained, the errors of former anatomists concerning them confuted, and several muscles not hitherto taken notice of described : to which are subjoin'd a graphical description of the bones, and other anatomical observations : illustrated with figures after the life / by William Cowper, Surgeon." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A34839.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 22, 2024.

Pages

Cremaster.

Or Suspensor Testiculi. It Arises Fleshy from the Lowest and Forepart of the Spine of the Os Ilium (37) and Upper part of the Ligamentum Pubis, its Fibres running parallel with those of the Obliquus Ascendens, (not with the Transversalis as Bartholin objects against Riolan) and almost encompas∣sing the Process of the Peritonaeum, des∣cends on it to its Inferior part, which entertains the Testicle.

Its name declares its Office.

Notes

Do you have questions about this content? Need to report a problem? Please contact us.