Copy 2, Volume 2

A compendium of the anatomy of the human body. Intended principally for the use of students / [Andrew Fyfe].

  • Fyfe, Andrew, 1754-1824
Date:
1812-1813
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A compendium of the anatomy of the human body. Intended principally for the use of students / [Andrew Fyfe]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    in the Hips; others on Muscular Contraction, as in the Fore-Head ; and others on Articular Motion, as at the Joints of the Extremities,—particularly those of the Fingers and Toes ;—and these Folds, to allow easy mo- tion, are thinner than the rest of the Skin. A sort of Cutis, as well as a Cuticle, is attempted to be traced from the external parts of the Body along the great passages ; but in its course through these, it be- comes softer and looser, changing into a fine Cellular Substance. In an inflamed Skin, as in the case of Small-pox, a Reticular Texture of Vessels is observed, which can be easily:injected, and has been considered by some as the Corpus Mucosum, and by others as an additional Cu- ticle ;—but no such appearance is to be met with in the sound Skin. The Cutis Vera serves to cover and give form to the Body ; unites the different parts, and defends them from injury; forms the External Organs of Sensation or of Touch ; and gives passage to the Fluids which are per- APPENDAGES OF THE SKIN. Natrts. The Nazis were formerly regarded as a continuation ef the Papille of the Cutis, but are now more general- aed considered as 2 continuation of the Cuticle. Th ey