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... according to the report of Eufebius , relates that ATHOTI , a king of Egypt , wrote fome treatifes on anatomy . This king , according to the ro- mantic chronology of the Egyptians , lived many ages before Adam . But although we reject ...
... according to the report of Eufebius , relates that ATHOTI , a king of Egypt , wrote fome treatifes on anatomy . This king , according to the ro- mantic chronology of the Egyptians , lived many ages before Adam . But although we reject ...
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... according to the ature of the parts they form . ( 86. ) A MEMBRANE is a pliable net - work of fi- bres interwoven in the fame plane . Membranes differ in thickness , according to the fmalinefs of their fibres , and number of their ...
... according to the ature of the parts they form . ( 86. ) A MEMBRANE is a pliable net - work of fi- bres interwoven in the fame plane . Membranes differ in thickness , according to the fmalinefs of their fibres , and number of their ...
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... according to their form and extent . Of the depreflions , fome are ufeful in articulation . These are called cotyloid when they are deep , as is the cafe with the os in- nominatum , where it receives the head of the os femoris ; or ...
... according to their form and extent . Of the depreflions , fome are ufeful in articulation . These are called cotyloid when they are deep , as is the cafe with the os in- nominatum , where it receives the head of the os femoris ; or ...
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... according as the actions of the feveral joints are to be performed . ( 171. ) To the bones of those limbs that move in every direction , are attached ligaments like purfes , which arife from or near the edges of the fockets of the ...
... according as the actions of the feveral joints are to be performed . ( 171. ) To the bones of those limbs that move in every direction , are attached ligaments like purfes , which arife from or near the edges of the fockets of the ...
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... according to the different places through which it paths . ( 409 ) The ARTERIES have three coats each ; the middle one muscular , and the external and in- temal membranous . The VEING are faid to have the fame , though this is to be ...
... according to the different places through which it paths . ( 409 ) The ARTERIES have three coats each ; the middle one muscular , and the external and in- temal membranous . The VEING are faid to have the fame , though this is to be ...
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