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 June 1, 2024.
By some called Bicornis and Radiaeus Externus. It hath Two Beginnings, and indeed seems to be Two distinct Muscles, the Outermost Arising Fleshy above the External Protuberance of the Os Humeri (20), immediately be∣low the Supinator Radii Longus, in its descent becomes a Fleshy Belly, and grows Tendinous above the middle of the Radius (22): The other Begin∣ning of this Muscle is partly Fleshy and partly Tendinous Below the For∣mer, either from the Apex of the Ex∣tuberance of the Os Humeri or Supe∣rior Part of the Radius, and continues Fleshy somewhat Lower than the Su∣perior; Both Tendons marching un∣der the Extensores Pollicis, run under the Ligamentum Annulare, and are In∣serted
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to the Superior Parts of the Ossa Metacarpi of the Fore, and Middle Fingers. (26.)* 1.2