GAS 
cared of the p! erie gaftritis, muft be more or lefs 
mployed according to the degree of thofe fymptoms. When 
a ee ieee ic inflai hed of the ftomach has arifen from 
internal caufes, if pain and pyrexia accompany the difeafe, 
fome bleeding, in perfons not otherwife weakened, may be 
oyed; but as the affection often arifes in what are called 
putrid difeafes, and in eee from fever; fo in thefe 
cafes eeding is aac ible: al: that can be done being to 
avoid irritation, an throw 1 a the ftomach what quanti- 
ty of acids, and of acefeunt aliments, it fhall be found to 
n fome conditions of the body, in which this difeafe 
arifes, - Peruvian bark and bitters ay feem to 
cated ; but an erythematic ltate o fe) 
commonly allow of them. See — Fir Lines, chap. vill. 
Van Swieten Comment. Sauvag 
GASTROBRANC HUS Cuca in Pg ae oe is a 
curious fifh, that has been erroneoufly us 
ong t an mes, under ee name of Faso pie ie Tes 
an fee is from four to fix or feven inches, and its general 
appearance is that of a fmalleel; the mouthis fituated be- 
neath, as in the ae and i is of an oblong form, bearded 
en ah fide, and fi i witha feries of teeth, difpofe on 
each fide into a double row, in form a > pee nated bon 
This animal is deftitute of eyes “ete rate exanination 
r-Bloch has proved : (e belon the 
e fkin is fmooth, and “defi. 
coatts, ant is faid to d tra 
ERNIA, 
 GASTROCNEMIUS, in Anatomy, from yusre, the 
Belly, and xmpyn, the kg, is a mufcle of the leg, occupying 
the furface of the calf. The three mufcles compofing the 
calf are fo serge to -— other, that mee ought to be de- 
feribed to r3 moreo their office is the 
fhall include ee andes ai a e gaftrocnemius, 
whieh ariles rom the femur, and the foleus, aon rom 
eCted toac tendon, 
d back part oft Gee and is 
.. This is called tendo Achil- 
lis, as being the part by which Thetis is faid to have held her 
ion, when fhe dipped him in the Styx 
The aftrocnemius, (called alfo ane gaftroc. exter- 
nus, and bi-femoro-calcanien,): forms with the foleus the ex- 
tenfor tarfi furalis or magnus of Douglas. It confilts of two 
portions, very” muclr — each other, feparate above, 
n aponeu iene placed at the 
o 
the femi-membranofus, and in the reft 
fafcia of the leg, The anterior furface covers the knee joint, 
the attachment of the Eien aie ee ay pop artery, 
breadth aaa al 
and then diminifhes agains nae in a : broad es 
oe} 
inner is feparated from the o 
below. Its upper extremity is attached juft ab 
back of the external condyle. It defcends at firft rather’ 
obliquely from without ae rows broader firft, then: 
again narrower, and ends in the fame apencurofis as the for- 
mer head. Both thefe portions of mufcle terminate below 
the middle of the leg ina broad and flat tendon, which, rows: 
narrower as it defcen h 
ernal is fee di to the f former by a. 
‘endon, mae connected i in fr 
thick as that of the Peete After defcendin for ~ 
inches on the outer edge, it expands.on the back of the m 
cle, like the former. The common aponeurofis, 1 in which, 
Oo) 1a 
the upper extremities.. The s of the cree teal 
arife from the outer edge and ai fo: furface of its upper’ 
tendon, and terminate on the back. of. the common a aponeu~ 
rofis. ‘Thofe of the outer pafs,.in like mammer, from the in- 
ner edge and front of the upper tendon to the back of the 
common expanfion, but are not mixed with thofe of the op- 
Polite! hea 
he plantariiy scape tarfi minor of Douglas, jambier 
She petit femoro-c pg a is a ver ender 
the 
in all fabjedts, it ex 
the outer femoral condyle, to the pofterior 
the os calcis. Its pale a is covered b 
nemius; it>covers in front the capfule of the knee, the 
popliteus, the copies sens and the foleus. Its upper 
to the t n he outer head o ftrocnemius. It 
defcends obliquely from Haine inwards, and, after a courfe 
of three inches and a half, for very narrow flat tendon, 
which continues between the ee ocnemius and foleus, wee 
the lower fourth part of the leg, when it efcapes. It is then 
connected to the inner edge of the tendo Achillis, and de-- 
feends with that tendon, being {till more intimately united to 
it below, where it isi implanted in the upper, inner, and back. 
part of the os calcis 
he foleus, gaftrocnemius internus, le foleaire, tibio-pero- 
nei-calcanien, is placed at the back of the leg 
from the upper ex 
tion of the os c 
oval, and prefents to our eonfideration an anterior and poite- 
aninner and outer edge, an upper and lower 
extremity. The pofterior furface is covered by the gaftroc- 
nemius and plantaris, and below 
upper third part o 
tached, the popliteus, flexor longus digitorum pedis, 
longus pollicis pedis, = tibialis pofticus, the poplite 
al, pof- 
terior ede an neal arteries, and 
n n 
e pofterior tibial 
at the upper and back. on of: the tibiay inl to the inner. 
margin 
