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.
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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.
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Cowper, William, 1666-1709.
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London :: Printed for Sam. Smith and Ben. Walford,
1694.
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Muscles -- Early works to 1800.
Anatomy -- Early works to 1800.
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"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 18, 2024.
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Flexor primi & secundi Ossis Pollicis.
This is a Large Disgregated Fleshy Muscle Arising from the Ligamentum Transversale Carpi Bones of the Carpus (27) at the Basis of the Mons Lunae and Os Metacarpi (28) of the Middle Finger, whence passes to its Insertion partly to the Ossa Sesamoidea of the second Internode, and partly to the first Bone of the Thumb. This may be divided into Three, as Vesalius writes, and Bidloo has Figured it Tab. 68. M, NN, OO, P. Its Actions are various accord∣ing to the diversity of its Series of Fibres; so it Bends the First or Second Bones of the Thumb either directly, or obliquely towards the Carpus, and Volam Manus.