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Show ii T-llCPREFACE. Ligaments are related to Cartilages, and have fomewhat of Limmm 3,33%; may be called aSyPtem of various, fluid, and folid, of limi- their nature, as being both finflefs, and are of a middle kind 33%;: As to the Pratel and dimmi- lar and difsimilar parts; of Bones, Cartilages, Ligaments, Ten"Pam dons, Membranes, and variet of Ve‘lfels, Arteries, Veins, Nerves, Lymphxdué'ts, Bowels, Mufcles, Glands, (fr. which are difpofed in excellent order, according to various ranks, highly minifierial to each other. . TheSceIeThe Sceleton (being the foundation, and all Other parts 33,1335," the fuperfiruc'ture of this curious frame) is agf'trong Com- :gfhem‘ page integrated of great variety of Bones, conjoyned by dif- ferent Articulations, compofed of Heads and bmm, enlarged gaments; thefe Joynts are infiituted by Nature, for the moti- on of the Trunk and Limbs ; and all Bones are endued with keep the Tengns of the Nlufcles tight, left they fhould Hart out of their proper places, in various and Violent morions. ‘ Tendons have a likenefs in nature With Ligaments and Egg; Nerves, as belng compounds of both, by reafon Nerves alone tywith Li~ are too foft and weak to lift up and move heavy bodies feve- 5:313:13. ral ways, by the various contractions of Mufcles ; whereupon moveable for a time, as the centers of motion, and others Nature hath molt wifely added Ligaments to the Nerves, in moveable as ac'ted with flexion, extenfion, and diverfe late, ral motions, by virtue of the different contraetions of various come to farther maturity, they are rendred Cartilaginous, which in greater age become bony , as acquiring more and the firuéture of Tendons, which being more hard and firm fubflances then Nerves (and lefs fenfible ) hath rendred Ten; dons more able and firbng to remove the Limbs from place to place, in progrefsive and other motions of the body, fo that Mufcles being integrated of tendinous, as well as nervous Fig bres, are endued with a folid Compage, which is mofl: emi/ nent in the extremities of Mufcles ( affixed to Bones and Carri; lages) whereby the' pull one part of the Body to the other, which is celebrated y the feveral centraétions of carnous Fio bres, attended with greater Tendons C Syfiems of many fmall The derai- more earthy and faline Particles 5 whereupon, firf'c membraa tendinous Fibres, found in the body ofMufcles ) feated in their $335,: Mufcles. f ‘* ‘II‘heCartlCartilages are near akin to Bones, both in Nature and agesare nearakin Life, and are of a middle conflitution between thefe and Li; "3°" gaments, as being fofter then one, and more folid then the other, and have affinity with Membranes, as in their firfl: formati, on they participate of their Nature, and afterward as they nous fubftances are turned into cartilaginous, and thefe into a bony Compage, f0 that thefe various parts do differ gradual» ly, and the more foft are converted Rep by Rep into more fo/ lid fubftances, as they are more and more concreted by dif' ferent earthy and faline Atomes. Cartilages areiublhtue They are fometimes fubl'tituted by Nature infiead of Bones MWOP‘C‘ (into which Mufcles are implanted) and othertimes to en/ 33335;" large the fockets, receptive of the heads of Bones, for their "mt They are ordained by nature to fafien diverfe Bones to each The ufeof other, to render articulations more firm, to prevent the luxati, Ligament» ous of feveral Joynts, which are often bound about with orbi- cular Ligaments, by which the Thighrbone is tied to the I/r/ai» um, and the jo ms of the VVril‘t and Foot are made firme, to Engines of Nlotions ; and by reafon 0mm mobile fimdatm' in immobili, therefore Nature hath wifely made fome Bones, im- , of fubfiance, between Cartilages and Membranes, as bein harder then thefg and more fofter then the Other, by reafon they are formed of the more clammy part of feminal Liquor, endued with fewer earthy, and lefs fixed faline Particles , Where» upon they are not f0 hardly concreted as Cartilages. by Cartilages, and mutually tied by circular and oblong Li- Cavities and Afperities, out of which Ligaments take their rife, and into which various Mufcles are implanted, as the ,7 [I it"MW i3." iii File, and fine Structure of our Body, it The Body f ‘ . "i ThePrtErace. more firm articulation, and for the more free motio n of the Joynts; whereupon, Nature hath made Cartilages meOth and une‘tuous to prevent the mutual grating of Bones, and to give the head of one Bone a more free play within the Sinm of another, Ligaments originations and terminations, implanted into Bones and Car. tilages. Membranes (being a more tender Compage then the fuba 3:322:32: Rance of Bones, Cartilages, Ligaments and Tendons) are nitcsof'méf fine contextures, framed of minute nervous Filaments, finel fpun, and curioufly interwoven in right, oblique, and tranfverfe pofitions, which give great firength to the rare Ptruéture of Membranes; whereupon they may be feveral ways extended in length, breadth , and obliquely, without any laceration, which may be found in the coats of the Stomach, Intef'tines, VCillS, Arteries, Lymphzeduc'ts (Cutis, and Integuments, co» rering the Mufcles and [/flcra) containing Liquors in tléeir ue Shine" |