A dissertation on the varied direction of the fibres of the muscles, and on the effects of this upon the movements of the body : with an appendix ... / by Alex. Monro.

  • Monro Alexander, 1733-1817.
Date:
1812
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Credit: A dissertation on the varied direction of the fibres of the muscles, and on the effects of this upon the movements of the body : with an appendix ... / by Alex. Monro. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A DISSERTATION ON THE VARIED DIRECTION OF THE FIBRES OF THE MUSCLES, AND ON THE EFFECTS OF THIS UPON THE MOVEMENTh' OF THE BODY; WITH AN APPENDIX, In which the AiserHcm of a late Author, Mr D. G. Yeates, fin a Book cn~ titUd, Observations on the Claims of the Moderns, 1798, p. 184, 185.;, that “ Dr J, Mayow must be constdered as the Discoverer of the'Import. « ant Fact in Physiology, that Oblique Muscles possess the advantages “ of performing mote Extensive Motions than Straight Muscles are cn- “poife of doing, is Refuted. By Dr ALEX. MONRO senior, IfROFBSSOR OF MEDICINE, ANATOMY AND SURGERY, IN THE UNITIRSITY OF EDINBURGH. EdfnhnrgK April 10. IBlg.