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tal manner , and are therefore only fitted for turning 
to either fide , by means of the Axis or Tooth-like 
Proceft of the Second Fertelra. Thefe Mufclcs I am 
endin'd to think are Auxiliaries to the Olliqui Inferiores^ 
but- being very fmall are only imployed in (baking the 
Head ; either of them ailing may draw the Tranfverfe 
Procefsofthe firViyertelra^ to a Perpendicular with the 
Second,* as when we exprefs Sorrow by fliakingthe 
Head. The Mufcles placed between the Tranfverfe 
Procefles of ihe other Fertelrs of the Neck, are 
Imployed in drawing the Superior Vertelr<z late- 
rally. 
The Motion of the Head on the firft Vertelra is fo 
manifeft from the manner of its ArticCilation, that I can* 
not but admire, how moft of the late Anatomifts (asM. 
Dupre takes notice) flhould fay it was only mov'd on tha 
Second. 
* The Firft of the Two Ligaments, mentioned by M, 
' Dupre^ is placed, he fays, between the firft and tecond 
* Fertelra , in their middle and Foreparts which does 
in no refpedl (cem to differ from that defcribed by 
Galen^ Vefalius^ and almoft all Writers on the Subjeft i 
the like being found between the. fore- parts of the reft 
of thQ Fertei^r^, 
' The Second Ligament (he fays) is an Inch long, and 
' of the bignels of aGoofe-Qiyll, and is faftned above to: 
*the middle of the Elongation of the Occipital-bone, 
' and the upper, middle, and anterior part of the firft 
* Fertelra : He adds, It is obfervable, when this Liga- 
* ment is wanting, the Apmeurofis which faftens the Oc. 
* cipitai-bone to the Fertelra^ is Stronger and Thicker 
*in that part. In this likewife I fee no fuch Difagree^ 
ment from the Defcription given by moft Writers of 
the Ligaments of this pare , as deferves the Title of 
a newDifcovery^ it being very obvious, that the middk of 
