Myographiae comparatae specimen, or, A comparative description of all the muscles in a man, and in a quadruped / By James Douglas.

  • Douglas, James, 1675-1742.
Date:
1775
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Myographiae comparatae specimen, or, A comparative description of all the muscles in a man, and in a quadruped / By James Douglas. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    r immortal Galen, (land here without any name or mark affixed: Thofe difcovered fince have the names of their refpe&ive difcoverers joined to them : and thofe which I humbly conceive to have lain hitherto undifcovered, and have been brought to light by my affiduous applica¬ tion to this part of anatomy, without any affid- ance from other men or books, have three liars let after their names. Tho’ I have join¬ ed the difcoverer’s name to the title or deno¬ mination of the mufcle, yet I take the liberty to give my own defcriptions, without menti¬ oning in what particular point it is that I de¬ part , from them. Indeed, where I find the defcriptions agreeable to the life, or to what obfervation I have been able to make, I have kept to them, and particularly in a great ma¬ ny given by the juflly celebrated Mr Cowper, whole very words I have often ufed, it being impoffible to find others with more juflice to the fubjedtfr And to the fame mod accurate and indefatigable improver of anatomy am I obliged for the ufes of moft of the mufcles, both human and canine. From the labour and indudry of this worthy perfon, who is equally famous for his wonderful dexterity in dificdting, and great fkill in defigning, we are now