The bones of the arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

The muscles of the arm, elbow and shoulder and the bones of the lower arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

An ankylosis of the bones of the fractured right femur (thigh-bone) and tibia (lower leg bone) (figs 1-2) and the radius and ulna (bones of the forearm) joined by a flexible callus (figs 3-4) Engraving, 1749.

The muscles of the lower arm and hand dissected and spread out across the dissecting table and a book. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

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The verism of this plate of the muscle arms, which includes the detail of the grain of the wood and the pins holding back the muscles, is typical of De Lairesse's plates for Bidloo. The clavicle is at the top of the plate, marked "B". The pectoralis is below it to the right, marked "D". The biceps is marked "I". The function of the subscapularis, marked "E", is described by Cowper as drawing the arm to the trunk of the body. He cites its use by players of the Bagpipe when compressing the bellows of the instrument under the arm

1 print : engraving ; platemark 47 x 33.5 cm

The humerus (figures 1-2), the ulna (figures 3-4), and the radius (figures 5-6)

1 print : engraving ; platemark 43.9 x 27.6 cm

Buffon became the "intendant" of the Jardin du Roi in 1736 and his Histoire naturelle has, as its base, his descriptive catalogue of the specimens of the "cabinet du roi". The third volume is concerned with the Natural History of Man. In the introduction to the work, he remarks that, even more than the most exact descriptions and the best illustrations, "Nothing contributes more to the advancement of Natural History, than the continual observation of the objects of which it comprises."
Buffon (pp. 120) relates the case reported in a letter of July 1685 by Silvestre, a doctor in the Faculté de Paris, of a patient who had broken both bones of the forearm. He would not allow the bones to be set for fear of the pain and would suffer only to have the arm wrapped in bandages. The arm eventually developed an articulation at the site of the fracture which caused him no pain or discomfort. Upon the death of the patient, his body was obtained from his relatives and dissected to reveal the nature of this articulation

1 print : engraving ; platemark 20.1 x 15.9 cm

1 print : engraving ; platemark 47 x 32.2 cm

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The muscles of the arm, elbow and shoulder and the bones of the lower arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

The bones of the arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

An ankylosis of the bones of the fractured right femur (thigh-bone) and tibia (lower leg bone) (figs 1-2) and the radius and ulna (bones of the forearm) joined by a flexible callus (figs 3-4) Engraving, 1749.

The muscles of the lower arm and hand dissected and spread out across the dissecting table and a book. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

Beitrag zur Kenntnis der angeborene Luxation des capitulum radii.

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The muscles of the arm, elbow and shoulder and the bones of the lower arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

The bones of the arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

An ankylosis of the bones of the fractured right femur (thigh-bone) and tibia (lower leg bone) (figs 1-2) and the radius and ulna (bones of the forearm) joined by a flexible callus (figs 3-4) Engraving, 1749.

The muscles of the lower arm and hand dissected and spread out across the dissecting table and a book. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

Beitrag zur Kenntnis der angeborene Luxation des capitulum radii.

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