Contributions to physiological and pathological anatomy : containing the observations made at the Philadelphia anatomical rooms during the session of 1824-25 / by John D. Godman.

  • Godman, John D. (John Davidson), 1794-1830.
Date:
1825
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Credit: Contributions to physiological and pathological anatomy : containing the observations made at the Philadelphia anatomical rooms during the session of 1824-25 / by John D. Godman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    hope, at no distant period, to lay before the pro- fession a work descriptive of the whole of the relations and arrangements of these structures, systematically digested. It is now in my power to state that the fascia of the human body are three in number, the superftcialis, lata femoris, and interna abdominis—all of the sheaths of the muscles, and all the processes of fasciae, being formed from them, with the exception of the temporal, palmar, and plantar aponeuroses. The three great fascise are all continuous at cer- tain points, and might, without any effort, be considered as one, though their differences of density, be. are sufficient to justify us in viewing them separately. The brachial fascia is a simple continuation of the superficialis, as it may be traced from the chest under the great pectoral muscle, or from the back on to the deltoid muscle. The por- tion from the under surface of the pectoralis major joins the part covering the deltoid, at the inner edge of the last muscle, and when the at- tachments are broken through at this part, the fair and uninterrupted continuity of the super- ficial and brachial fascia is made evident. We then follow the fascia upwards, on the short head of the biceps, and on the outside of the arm, on the long head of the triceps, up to