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described the muscles according to regions^ arranging 

 those peculiarly belonging to the osseous structure, 

 according to the bones to which they are attached ; 

 and the whole belonging to the system^ according 

 to the motions in which they co-operate, — thus 

 exhibiting the muscles likely to be supplied with 

 the same branches of arteries and nerves, what 

 parts of the osseous structure are connected by 

 muscles, and what muscles co-operate, and how 

 they co-operate in performing their functions; and 

 deducing from the whole, the nature and causes of a 

 number of sympathies that arise from attachment, 

 situation, and function, with a view to provide a safe 

 and expeditious remedy, especially in cases of laxa- 

 tion and fracture, by pointing out the motions best 

 calculated to favour the reduction, and those fitted 

 to assist or oppose the operation ; what are the 

 positions best suited to preserve the ease and 

 security of the parts; and what the motions, attitudes, 

 and muscles, most likely to disturb them ; and thus 

 to free the patient from that torture, so frequently 

 inflicted by empirics, bone-setters, and those un- 

 acquainted with the compound actions of the muscles. 

 It may not be altogether out of place here to 

 mention that Barclay's love of natural investigations 

 prompted him to be ever foremost in all the dissec- 

 tions of all the animals which by chance came in his 

 way, in and around the Scottish metropolis. At one 

 of these we happened to be present. It was that 

 of a Beluga or White Whale, an account of which 

 we believe is to be found in the Wernerian Nat. 



