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even as they stand in our description, are nothing 

 short, perhaps, of logical proofs of design, yet it 

 must not be forgotten, that, in every part of ana- 

 tomy, description is a poor substitute for inspec- 

 tion. It is well said by an able anatomist,"^ and 

 said in reference to the very part of the subject 

 which w^e have been treating of: — "Imper- 

 fecta haec musculorum descriptio non minus ari- 

 da est legentibus quam inspectantibus fuerit ju- 

 cunda eorundem pra^paratio. Elegantissima enim 

 mechanices artificia, creber rime in illis obvia, 

 verbis nonnisi obscure exprimuntur : carnium 

 autem ductu, tendinum, colore, insertionum pro- 

 portione, et trochlearium, distributione, oculis ex- 

 posita, omnem superant admirationem." 



* Steno, in Bias. Anat. Animal, p. 2. c. 4. 



