Observations on the limbs of vertebrate animals : the plan of their construction, their homology, and the comparison of the fore and hind limbs / by George Murray Humphry.

  • Humphry, George Murray, Sir, 1820-1896.
Date:
1860
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Credit: Observations on the limbs of vertebrate animals : the plan of their construction, their homology, and the comparison of the fore and hind limbs / by George Murray Humphry. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The chief purpose of the following Observations is, first, to point out the principles on which a Comparison of the Fore and the Hind Limbs may be satis- factorily made; and, secondly, to offer some suggestions with regard to the Homology of the Limbs. Both these are controversial subjects; and they are both of interest to the philosophical student of Human Anatomy no less than to the Comparative Anatomist. An account of the limbs of vertebrate animals is prefixed, indicating the general plan of their construction and their chief modifications; and, in the appended Tables, the correspondence of the several Bones, Ligaments, Muscles, Arteries, and Nerves of the Two Limbs, in Man, is shown in accordance with the principles above mentioned. Cambridge, May 1, 1860. G. M. HUMPHRY.