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L Jn Account of two Glands and their Excretory 
DuEis lately difcover d in Human bodies. 2^ 
Mr. William Cowper. R%S. 
NOtwithftanding the general application of the 
Learned in this Age to Anatonjy, and the 
fuccefs wherewith they have cultivated it, 
there remain undoubtedly many conHderable 
Difcoveries to be made, many ufeful Organs to be de- 
tedled, of great confequencc to the right underr and- 
ingof the 9nimal flDfCOnomp for the knowledge 
of which perhaps Pofterity fliall be obliged to the fuc- 
cefsful Labours of thofe that fliall come after us, and 
wonder how they efcap d our Obfervation, as we have 
done by thofe that preceded us. Of this the Difcove^ 
ry of two Glands (not before that we know taken no- 
tice of in a Humane Subjed) may be an Inftance, 
efpecially fince they are found in a part that has not 
only been accurately defcribed by others, but fre* 
quently and carefully examin'd by my felf before I 
took notice of them. This may encourage us not to 
defpond, if we don't find all our Enquiries attended 
with Difcoveries, nor to fet an over-value upon our 
felves for thofewhicli our good Fortune mayprelent us 
with ; fince it is fometimcs the misfortune of Men of 
greater Application and Sagacity than our felves to 
meet with Difappointments. 
About a quarter of an Inch below theProflate Glands 
(Fig. I. E.) 1 found two other fmall Glands (ib, G G> 
placed on each fide tlie Urethra (ik a little above 
the 
