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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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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    tremities ; the inferior extremities having the weight of the whole body to fuf aiir, and that frequently at a great difad van tage. What the effect is of the nerves here being inju¬ red, we fee daily, when people happen, by fitting wrong, to comprefs the Sciatic nerve, thev are in¬ capable for fome time after to fupport themfeIves on the affefted extremity : And this is ftill more re¬ markable in the Sciatic or hip-gout, in which the member is not only weakened, but gradually fhrivels and waftes. x1 F I N I S,