The artistic anatomy of cattle and sheep / by B. Waterhouse Hawkins ; with twenty illustrations drawn on wood by the author, and engraved by H. Orrin Smith.

  • Hawkins, B. Waterhouse (Benjamin Waterhouse), 1807-1894.
Date:
[1868?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The artistic anatomy of cattle and sheep / by B. Waterhouse Hawkins ; with twenty illustrations drawn on wood by the author, and engraved by H. Orrin Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    part in the visible expression of the inner thoughts and emotions of the animal, as is the fact with the horse, yet they have a supplementary office to perform equally important in the economy of the animal. It is by the free movement of the ears that cattle remove flies from their eyes, particularly while standing still in shallow water, or reclining in a ruminating state when the tail is not eligible for the office. The artist may deduce from such Natural History facts, the average length and relative situation of the ears from the centre of their motion to the inner corner of the eyes. He will also comprehend the importance of this external portion of the organ of hearing from the complicated machinery of those nicely adjusted sets of muscles, each to its appointed office, as those of the ear numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, in the accompanying diagram. No. 1. Depressor auriculae. „ 2. Adductor inferior. „ 3. Adductor medius.