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refluent Blood is hindred : By either of thefe means ths 
•Cells of the F!e(hy Fibres may be diftended by the In- 
fluent Blood ; whereby the length of each Flefliy Fibre 
will be leflened, and the whole Mufcle contraded. 
Chap, I. In the Hiftory of theMufcksof each Part, 
he gives an Account of the manner of the Adminiftra- 
rion of Difleftion ; here he follows the Order that is 
commonly praftifed by Anatomifts, beginning with 
thofc of the AlJotnen : The Erroneous Defcriptions of 
thofe Parts of the Oblique Defcending and Afcendhg 
Mufcles lying in the Ilia are reftified, and the true Ule 
of thofe parts of Them inferted : In this firfl Chapter he 
takes notice of an excellent Artifice in Nature in trant 
mitting the Spermatick Veflels through the Infcriour 
Parts of the laft named Tranfverfe Muftles, whereby 
a Prolapfm of the Inteftines is prevented. 
ChapAU. Befides reftifying the Erroneous Defcriptions 
and affigned Ufes of the two Pair of Mufcles that are 
commonly treated of belonging to the Penis^ he adds 
the Defcription and Figure of a third Pair, mentioned by 
Aquapendens ; the like is done in Treating of the Mufcles 
ot the Ahus. 
Chap. V. The Opinion of FaUoppius in dividing the 
SphinHer Ani into three Mufcles is rejefted, and that of 
MolaHy in multiplying its two Levatores to the number 
of fix : Befides the Ufe commonly afcribed to the Leva* 
tores Ani^ he takes notice of another notable one. 
Chap. VII. In treating of the Mufcles of the Eye-lids 
he rejefts the Notion of former and fome latter Anato- 
mifts, and retains that of Falloppiiu. 
€hap, VIH. He conceives the Vulgar Notion concern- 
ing the OlBce of the two Oblique Mufcles of the Eye 
' to be erroneous, and inferts their true Ufes,* and takes 
notice of an admirable Mechanifm in Nature in the dif- 
pofition of thofe Mufclesi 
Chap. 
