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delioned  the passase of the Marro into them,  ot the Bones (and char obliquels, as che Vreters
ehian for. the immediare Communicarion of ic ro do che Bladder) boch by one Foramen.
the Substance of the Bone
The Medulla contained in the Bones; consicts
(besides the Bl00d.- vessels) oE an investins Nem
brane, in wtich are included Mem branaCeOUS LO
bules and Bags, and in these BaSS Vestculae Or
Clandulous Bladders, very much like che Vetr
cular Substance oF the Lungs. And chele Clan
dular Bladders serre borh For the Separarion ol
the Medullary Oyl From the MaIS oF Blood, anc
for the Reception and Conservarion ot ir. In ar
Elumane Bone which he had preserved rill the
Medullary Oyl ras wholly craporaced, he foune
chele Vesiculae remainins dey, buc incire, and cheir
Substanco reprelentins in a manner a Spunge
They Peem co hare Pores or immediare Pastages
oue ot one into avocher (as have al(o the BaG5)
by irhich ehie OyI has a freer course rothe joines
and Substance of che Bone, For whole benetr ir
as deligned. By che Prictes enquiry he coula
never And any chins like Ducts (a5 pals trom 0.
cher Glandules) and indecd thele are nor here ne
cessarr, because the Oyt is noc carried trom che
Glandular Velicles ro any larse Recepracle, bu
Aous our ot che Suxerticies oE rhe Marroir in a
mans places as chere are trantverse Pores in the
Incernal Lamel. The Medulla serres 1o oyl che
Substance ot every Bone, Which che drier ic vere
che brircler ic vould be: It Lubricares also cheir
Arricularions, and hinders cheir Ainds trom beins
avorn, de over-heared wich Morion; and ic moi
stens likemre ilc Ligamenes by which chey arc
cied one ro anocher. Bur in chese rvo laAV ses it
is alsilted b) ene Muellase which is separared by
che Glandulae Mucilaginosae (a5 he calls chem
Fhere are no Nerves chac are inserced intorhem
(excepe into the FCeth) Dur chese onty run chroust
ehre Periosteum chac invests them.
Some Bones have large Cavities in them, a505
Frumeri, and Femoris, the lna and Radius, Yi
bia and Fibula, the Bones OE che Metacarpus and
Metatarsus, Ot the Fingers and Tocs, and oE che
Os Froides; to Wtrich may be added, the lorver
Taws; chough che Cariey compared wich che mas.
nicude ot che Bone hardly deserres co be Ailed
larse: Besdes these large Cavities which are in
the inside of the Bones, there are lesser CellS Or
Caverns in cheir Substance, wwhich are found in ait
the Bones, even chose which have a larse Cavitr
Buc ot these betore, wten we spoke ot che Distri
burion oE the MlarrON.
Belides the large Caviries and Caverns in che
Inside or Substance oF the Bones, mosthave su
perficial Cavities or Sinuss, Which Dr. Pravers, di-
Ringuistres inco sulei or Furrows (wrhich are che
lone ones) and Pits, 25 he calls the Morrer ones
And chey have besides, Fsoles For che Nurritious
and Medullary Vessels, a5 mas buc just noi ob.
lerved.
On che ourside os rhe DoneS thereare allo re
be oblerved cheir Prominences Or Protuberances.
oE which chere be uvo kinds; for ic is cicher a
continued pare oF rhe Bone jerrins manisestly -
bore ies plain Suxerticies, tor the more conime
dious insertion of che Mulcles, (90. and is called
Apophysis, a Process; ox else ir is litre an addirional
Bone grovins co anocher by simple and immedi
ace Conciguier, (and generally sotrer and more po-
rouS Than iF) and is called Epiphysis, an Appen
ertrich he has obserred in aH che Arricularions oF dare. IF che Procuberance ot che Bone be round.
the Bones, and arc of the Conglomerare Kind, oF ic is called ies caput; under which is che Cervix
erhich more in che MeXF Chapter
Non che manner ot che Medullary OyIs insr
nuaring ic selE chrough a Bone, and iis beine dis-
vensed co all the Pares of ic, is this: IE AirA
passes, beins Liquid (a5 ic alI is while che Anima
15 alive) our ot che Cariey chroush che transverle
Pores of the ArAt Incernal Lamina, and nOE na
ving Pores ot the lame kind directly Tubjacent in
che nexe Plare ro cransmir it romards che outside
oF che Bone, it Rows into the Longirudinal ones
formed berveen chele rvo (che Ark and second,
elares, and beins carried alons in chem rilt ii
Snd Pome transverse Pores in the second Plare, i
Pasles chroush chese, wrhich when ic has done
ir is obliged asain ro alcer its course, to run into
25 in che upper end ot che Thish. Bonc: IF ic be
Aac, ic is called Condylus; it Marp. Corone, From thc
similicude chey hare ro orher chinss, 25 Styloides,
Coracoides.
Theix Dses are many ; FOF they SErVE, L. FOF
the Firmirude and Sustentarion of rhe Body, litte
Beams and Pillars in FTouses. 2. FOr 2 Detence
ro lome PAPES; Cothe SHuII detends che Prain, thC
Ribs che Pares contained in che Breas. 3. FOF
Progression or Walking, ot Which rhey wich che
Muscles are the onty Instrumenes. A. They oive
Shrape co the Paris oF che Body. Thele are cheir
Generat Dses; as to their particular Vles, thole
vill be sevn as re describe chem severallr.
BONIS non amovendis, is a Wric ro the Sherift
and Aou alons che Breighe Pores berveen the OE London, ecc. ro charge them, rHAE One CON
second and chird Laminae. Thus ic passes chrouph demned by fudsmene in a Narion, and prolecu.
and berreen che Places succellire, rill ic hasmade rins WVric ot Prror, De nor lusiered ro remove his
G00ds unril che Error be cry d
BOBIHEE, in Forrisicarion, is a certain W Ork
raised berond che Counterscarp, havitiu rvo Faces
wotich form a Saliane Angle, and as ic eere
(mal Ravelin Wwichour any Prench. The Feighe
oF ehis Forrifcacion is chree Foor, and ic is envi-
evelre Paces distant from each other. Ir Bach 2
Paraper chree Poor hieh; and is likee a lierle ad.
iis vay EO chC FXternal PlatC.
Lhus che Medullary Oyt is dispensed in alt the
Bones i chole Plares which are contisuous, and
have no incermediare Cavities roentertain anv Hle.
dulsas Clands of cheirown: Bur where chePlares
ltana al sonte distance (25 chey do in Tuch Bones
Cavorns (adrmentioned) wrhich are capable et
concam some Medullary Clands, trom Wvhence
the Llaces sare more imitsecacess an Wsclou
25 have noc any great Cavier) chere arerhe (mall ron d wirh a double Ro ot Paltiladoes, ten or
vanc d Corps du Guard.
the former method oF Converance, the Denetir o
B. L a ersre, et ic PriestsCap. i
Forrisication, is an Our Wvork havine ac che Flead
chree Saliant Angles, and rvo Invards: IE dis-
ters From che double Fenaille on y in This, ThaL ilS
Ocher. Ihe Medullary commonsy cal the Sides) close ac ehe Corpe, and openins at clic Head.
BONNEIS.
Ehe MarrOW
Fte divides che Blood-Vessels oF the Bones inre
Nurritious and Medullary. The most considera
Ble oF che Nurritious enter ar rhe ends ofthe Bone, Sides instead ot beine Parallet are made lite
viz. the Arrery ac one end, and the Veins at the Sovallows Tail, chac is, narrowins oe dravins