A treatise on the management of female complaints, and of children in early infancy / by Alexander Hamilton, M.D. ; Professor of midwifery in the University, and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and of the Royal Society, of Edinburgh, &c.

  • Hamilton, Alexander, 1739-1802.
Date:
MDCCXCII [1792]
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Credit: A treatise on the management of female complaints, and of children in early infancy / by Alexander Hamilton, M.D. ; Professor of midwifery in the University, and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and of the Royal Society, of Edinburgh, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    defcxlbiiig iheir flrudure, therefore, the gcnerd ihape, appearance, and fundlions, of each part, to- quire only to be explained. ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE -of the HU- MAN BODY. THE human body may be divided into the Head, Trunk, and Extremities. All thefe parts, however, are contained within one co- vering, the Skin. Its ftru6ture ought thciefore, to be confidered before that of any other part. Structure of the Skin.—Theikin is compof- ed of the fcarf and true fkin. • The fcarf fkin is that fine, tranfparent, infenfi- Ibt^ membrane, which, covering the true flcin in its whole extent, forms the outer part of the body. It is of different degrees of thicknefs in differ- vnt parts, and has an infinite number of fmall perforations, to admit of the paffage of the hairs, and of the exhalent and abforbent veffels. Its uCe is to defend the true ikin. The fcarf Ikin is connedled to the true fein by a jelly-like fubftance, on which the colour of the outfide of the body principally depends : hence this fubftance is of a white or duflzy hue in Eu- ropeans, and of a black or deep brown in negroes, mulattoes, Sec. This jelly-like fubftahce is probably intended to ferve as an additional defence to the true fkin, and alio to cover ifs inequalities. The true fkin lies innraediately below the jelly- like fubflancc. It is compofed of a number of fi- bres, on which its clafticity depends, intermixed with