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are exhibited by Cowper and Albinus with great 

 accuracy; by tlie latter particularly, in a style of 

 elegance which cannot easily be surpassed. 1 Jailer's 

 Iconcs, especially of the arteries, are much admired. 

 Anatomical figures of particular and smaller parts 

 of the body are without number, and many of them 

 possess great excellence. It will be suflicient to 

 mention a few ; such as those by Morgagni, Ruysch, 

 Valsalva, Sanctorini, Hcister, Vater, Cant, Zimmer- 

 mann, Walter, &c. 



The vast work projected by Vicq-d'-Azyr, of 

 France, was soon terminated by his premature 

 death. He conceived the idea of representing ana- 

 tomically the whole animal kingdom, from man 

 down to the simplest hydra, of giving exact figures 

 of every form of living matter, and of consolidating 

 the immense plan into one great whole. Upon 

 the brain alone nineteen folio plates are employed, 

 of which several are coloured; these are executed 

 with admirable elegance. This universal system of 

 anatomy and physiology, both human and compa- 

 rative, was i>roposed to be executed in the same 

 splendid style. But he lived only to finish five 

 numbers. The design is apparently too extensive 

 to be accomplished within the period of a single 

 life. 



In Great Britain, likev/ise, an extensive anatomi- 

 cal work has been undertaken by Mr. Andrew BqW, 

 entitled Anatomia Brifanuica, under the inspection 

 of Mr. Fyfe and Dr. Monro. It is designed to 

 compose a complete illustration, both general and 

 particular, of the human body, by a selection from 

 the best plates of all the greatest anatomists, a^ well 

 foreign as British, exhibiting the latest discoveries, 

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