A catalogue and particular description of the human anatomy in wax-work, and several other preaparations. To be seen at the Royal-Exchange.

  • Royal Exchange (London, England)
Date:
1736
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A catalogue and particular description of the human anatomy in wax-work, and several other preaparations. To be seen at the Royal-Exchange. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    will foon die of bleeding, unlefs he is fpeedily helped. By the Sides of the Arteries run the Veins, which are blue; thefe receive the Blood from the Ends of the Arteries; and as the Ar¬ teries grow fmaller and fmaller as they go far¬ ther from the Heart, fo thefe grow bigger and bigger, by Bill receiving more Branches as they approach nearer to the Heart, to bring back the Blood to the Heart, to be circulated thro’ the Arteries again, as foon as it arrives there. Particularly you have a View of the Veins that bring back the Blood from the Head to the Heart; the largeft called the internal Carotid Veins, and the Jugulars; the Veins of the Arm, as they arife from the Ends of the Arteries, and grow bigger and bigger as they pafs on to the Shoulder, in their Courie to the. Heart. In like Manner the Veins of the Toej, Feet and * Legs, firft arifmg (mall from the End of the Arteries, and growing larger and larger as they run up the Legs and Thighs to carry back their Blood to the Heart. You fee a confiderab'e Number of the Nerves of the Body diftributed in their proper Order. The Nerves are white round Bodies, which proceed out from the „ whiteft and mod: folid Part of the Brain on its under fide, called Medulla Oblongata, which being like a white round Pith, is continued from the Brain all down the Hollow of that Chain of Bones called the Back-bone, or Spine. Ten Pair of Nerves or Ten Nerves on each Side, come out of the Medulla Oblongata, whilft it is in the Skull; and Thirty Pair more, or Thir¬ ty on each Side, proceed out from this Medulla B 2 Oblongata,