Anatomy, Artistic]]> Head]]> Initials]]> Muscles]]> Scalp]]> Body, Human]]> Cowper, William, 1666-1709]]> Image]]> Illustrations]]> Prints]]> Eighteenth century]]> Anatomy, Artistic]]> Anus]]> Body, Human]]> Initials]]> Muscles]]> Various Accounts are given us by Anatomists of the Muscles of the Anus. Galen divides its Sphincter into two, viz. Carnosus and Cutaneus; which with the two Levatores, make four Muscles belonging to this Part. Riolan multiplies them to the Number of nine, three Sphincters, Carnosus, Cutaneus, and Vaginalis; and six Elevators, two internal, and four external, of which one Pair belongs to the Os Coccygis. But this Opinion seems rather grounded on Fancy, or some particular Subject, than the general Appearance of them in Dissection" (Cowper, 1724, Chap. V.)]]> Cowper, William, 1666-1709]]> Image]]> Illustrations]]> Prints]]> Eighteenth century]]> Anatomy, Artistic]]> Bladder]]> Initials]]> Muscles]]> Body, Human]]> Galen and the ancient Anatomists take notice of but one Muscle belonging to this Part, viz. the Sphincter, but Fabricius ab Aquapendente mentions another, call'd by Spigelius, Detrusor Urinae, from its Use" (Cowper, 1724, Chap. IV).]]> Cowper, William, 1666-1709]]> Image]]> Illustrations]]> Prints]]> Eighteenth century]]> Anatomy, Artistic]]> Body, Human]]> Initials]]> Muscles]]> Penis]]> Anatomists generally describe two Pair of Muscles belonging to the Penis, viz. Acceleratores and Erectores. Besides these, we sometimes meet with a third Pair mentioned and figured by Stephen Riverius" (Cowper, 1724, Chap. III).]]> Cowper, William, 1666-1709]]> Image]]> Illustrations]]> Prints]]> Eighteenth century]]> Anatomy, Artistic]]> Body, Human]]> Initials]]> Muscles]]> Testis]]> Each Testicle is attended with one proper Muscle call'd Cremaster, to which Riolan adds another, and thinks it common to both, comprehending them in the manner of a Bag; but other Anatomists take it for a Membrane only, and call it Dartos" (Cowper, 1724, Chap. II)]]> Cowper, William, 1666-1709]]> Image]]> Illustrations]]> Prints]]> Eighteenth century]]> Anatomy, Artistic]]> Body, Human]]> Initials]]> Muscles]]> It being usual for the Contents of the lower Belly to putrefy and grow offensive sooner than any other Part of the Body, Anatomists for this Reason generally begin their Dissections with the Abdomen" (Cowper, 1724, Chap. I).]]> Cowper, William, 1666-1709]]> Image]]> Illustrations]]> Prints]]> Eighteenth century]]> Anatomy, Artistic]]> Arm]]> Hand]]> Initials]]> Muscles]]> As all the Appearances of Nature furnish matter for Speculation worthy of a rational Mind; so those of the Animal OEconomy more particularly recommend themselves to our Consideration" (Cowper, 1724, Introduction).

"Of the Muscles of the Palm of the Hand.
All the Anatomists before Falloppius mention but one Muscle belonging to the Palm of the Hand, except Valverda, who, from the Observation of Johannes Baptista Cannanus, adds the Palmaris Brevis" (Cowper, 1724, Chap. XXVII).]]>
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Initials]]> Anatomy, Artistic]]> Muscles]]> In the Contemplation of Nature we meet with nothing that affords us a more invincible Argument of the Wisdom of the Divine Architect, than the Structure and Composition of Animal Bodies; nor is this Infinite Understanding less manifested in the Instruments of Voluntary Motion, than in any other Parts whatever of the Animal Body.
No wonder therefore, that Anatomical Disquisitions should be exceedingly entertaining ..." (Cowper, 1724, Preface).

"Of the Muscles of the Back and Loins.
It would be very tedious and of little Use to insert all the different Accounts Anatomists have given us of these Muscles; and the variety we have found in several Subjects, inclines us to think, that scarcely three in ten are exactly alike in this respect ... However, we shall endeavour to give as distinct an Account of them as possible; and in order thereunto, we shall consider them as Common to the Back and Loins, or Proper to either of them" (Cowper, 1724, Chap. XXIV).]]>
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