VL An AbfiraSi of an Accoun of Five pair 
of Mufcles^ Kphich ferw for dtfftirent Mot tons 
of the Heady on the firji and Second Vertebra 
of the T^ch^ i and of Ttpo Ligaments^ one 
of which fafiens the Head to the Firjl 
Vertebra, and the other fafiens the Firfi to 
the Second, To mhich is annext the Hifiory 
of an Uncommon Appearance of a Hnmant 
SkiiU. By M* Dupre, Surgeon^ and firji 
Ayde-Major to the Hotel-Dieu in Paris: 
With Remarks by William Cowpen 
'^T^HIS fmall Trad was lately Printed in French^ 
1^ and fent from the Author to Dr. Lijier^ "who 
Communicated it to me. The Author feems to put a 
Value on it, and exprefles his Surprift , that fuch ob- 
vious Organs Ihould efcape the Obfervation of Ana- 
tomifts^: He hopes thefe Difcoveries will excite a no- 
ble Emulation in thofe of his Profeflion, which was his 
principal Motive to Addrefs them to the Surgeons of 
the Hotel Dieu. 
* Juft at the Root of the Tranfverfe Procefs of the 
® firft Vertelra of the Neck ((ays he) arifes on each 
* fide a Mufcle that is fonr Lines (one third of an Inch) 
* broad , and running obliquf !y inward, is Implanted 
* to a fmall fuperficial oval Sinus^ feated on the fore-, 
* part oi the Procejfus Styloides ; and this he calls Ren- 
gorgeur Oblique , or the oblique Bridler of the Head j 
and has expreft it, in his firft Figure. 
This 
