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Show Book III. 7 :4.FZ:-F 0f the ‘Bontr of the Hand. mi. 0f the 730m: of film Hand. 12+; more dry Coflitution then Man 5 in whom, when he cometh t Econdjggiuéfifi: long in the lnfide, then broader, as taken tranfverfly from one Me to d": other, by realon the Head belongs more to the infide,and is incruilted a great_ er {pace with a Cartilage. And the Simu engraven in the upper region in the {Mt Bone relating to every Finger, is endued with an orbieular Figure and the firft Bone upon this Head, doth celebrate the various motions of Flex: ion,and Extenflon, and Addué'cion,and Abduélion. And the lateralmotions Iiihigriiiloi'" Etrsismutc :fiii‘ffi‘,‘ Ems?" $331333? lashav‘inga iaiion.m u J ' ' I C ' and extenfions are not ['0 eminent, by reafon they do not make lhch acute Angles, as Flexion, becaufe the head of the Bones of the Alcldcdrpium) is but a little deprefled, borh outwardly and laterally. And by reaion the head of the firfl‘. Bone of the Fingers IS externally more covered witha Cartilage, then the heads of the fecond and third Joynts; therefore the firit Joynt is more extended then the reil: beyond a right line. Farthermore, the firl't Finger doth incline more inward in motion, and the little one more outWard then the refi of the Fingers, becaufe the heads relating to the Bones of the firft Joynts of thofe Fingers, are more eafilycar. tied to the (aid fides, and moved fomewhar orbicularly ', And by reafon We can move the Full )oynts of our Fingers laterally, a laxe Articulation is or. t - m (mm, dered by nature, which is not requilite in the fecond and third )oynt, Which emuwinl cannot move laterally, and are only capable of . Flexion and Extenfion3' as yiyiitiof the . . . mt- Fingers the mol'r ufeful motions in the conduct of our Life, in order to takethings fii‘hc'fl‘lclf. into our hands,and hold them by Flexion,and let them go again by Extenfion ""1"" {he thirnlh of our Fingers. The third Bone of the Finger in its lower region ( where it is conjoyned ifl'lgccrfg: c to no Bone) is protuberanr, and is endued with a rough head, and with $353332: ;:§}33:r:‘l‘l‘g‘h Hcathandrwo crooked l'roattics. two crooked P roceiies, that the Tendons of the Flexors might be propagated outol the lower part of the third Bone, which is inferred in its termination into. the apex of the Bone,. which becomes Cartilaninous, thatf- the . . D l . Tendon might be the more firmly implanted into it : And by reafon 0 ms Tendon, the third Bone in his iniide ( where it is {omcwhat protuberant) is rendred rough and uneven. m mm or Learned and curious Vefalim, belide the common Bones of the Fingers, ffificfi'fii/‘j;,_ "'rfio‘H‘hcir iliiiiil‘niiiii; 5 £515.); 5;. "W‘ made adilcovery of iome other finall Bonesin the Hands and Feet, ( not exceeding the dimenfions of Sefame, or F2nugreek-fecd) which are chiefly found among theTendons. As the renowned Author hath it, p6 lib. Hm. Fabrzca. Lib; przmo. pag. 91. Alt iIIe putter ofliz tribur [4m praxzme priced??til)"; capilz‘bur explicata, alia qitaedam cxigua in mam otturrlmt, ftfiimi femtm d a'ifltSiomtm pcriii/s comparata. Ctijufmadi tamen ea finr, £9" quibm‘ faith", (plaque Immero in [Mining ant etiam filflid reponantm', mminem abferwflh "‘ jtripflfleryeflio, alq', ad/Jirc minur illorimz (flitulorum "flu a quaquam exam Wreq', efl pertraffatur, oportime igiliir quot Int/'14: gencrir oflitu/a diligemi muflularum tendimum]; examine baifimuinwcncrim, bit per/equor. Mufmlomm naval7 magi»: (11mm oflinm in/jaefiioue, prefintium oflitulorum non pmzilwa'um mmztrnm, 1am in pede, quam in mam: comperi : (um [ti/ice! maxima ex Pdm', 1" W" fl re, tendinibm immfiamnr, unaquc 11mm":fllpt'rfit‘it', [.erui d" [lilirim Cartilag12c incritflata, alleriur tujufdam oflix lubricant levemq; fedem, (ontingaut, pfffl/l' aribm‘ ligamentis illi ofli tin/7mm: tommtflii. £31255??? f {\ll thefe {mall Bones are lodged among the Tendons, that by realbn 0 lodgedaniwg their hardnefs, they might receive andlul'tain the force of the Bone (1" ("me zléc'vaFldléls motions) to, and by which the Tendon is conjoyned, and enlarged. And thcfe Bonts are chiefly found in old per-ions, and in Children are of a C3" tilaginous nature, and are not very confisirnons in their TCndOflS: "‘13.": commonly {bu-2d in Dog-2 Apes, and other Bruits, who are endued "2:0 in v the ( faith Vtfiliua' ) he hath two Bones ( not far from Thumb) adyoyning to the head of the firfl Bone, where it is received into the Simw ofthe fecond, and are bred among the Tendons of Mufcles Which taking their rife from the Palme ofthe Hand, do bend the fecond joynt, of the Thumb And t h e r6 rma ii bones are not only feen abode the fieeond ‘0 nt 0 7mm" Thumb, but alio about the firftjoynt of the four Fingers, whiZh an: 1:31: mfim then thofe of the Thumb, and feated among the Tendons of the Multles iii: iiiu'riiw‘r which having their Origens from the Bones of the Metatarpiuw, do bend the and Wm" firil ioynts oi the four Fingers; and another foft Bone, and almofl Cartilaginous, is found about the Third and Fourth Joynts ofthe Fingers 5 and in very old Men, other very {mall Bones are found in Tendons about all the joynts of the Thumb and Fingers. The ranks of Bones in the Carpua‘, and Mtacaryium, fieem in the feco'nd :i‘fhorflrgcns . _ c out: Month of a Foam: not to be one Cartilage,and to be parted into five Grilles ""53"?" . . . . . _ , a m ' a as the Origens of Fingers ) in Whole extremities fome white pomts may be 41:23:33: dificovcred, the firfi Reps of oflification. In the Seventh and Eighth Months of 3. Firms, the Cartilages ofthe Car- ml PM pm and Metatarpinm are fomewhat obfcure, and are molt confpicuous in the The rudiNinth Month, ,in which they , are plainly difiinguifhed; as alfo in the Car- "mm" V Bones f the tilages of the Fingers, the rudiments of Bones. FMS": |