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on whofe Extremity another Piece of Iron was fcrew’d, to keep 
all firm and fecure. 
Afterwards a large Wire was palled frcm the fore to the hind GnnexTn of 
part of the Sternum , whereby all its Bones were fix’d to one^S'.ernum, 
another ^ and to them were joined pieces of Bend Leather to ftrp ^unitnountmg 
ply the Cartilages, which had been firft mangled by the Butchers, 1 nora - s * 
and then loft in the boiling, Thele I fitted to the Articulation 
of each Rib, whereto they were join’d ; and perforating the Ex- 
tremities of the Ribs twice, I paft two Wires betwixt the Sham 
Cartilages and them, bringing the two ends together, twilling 
and fattening them on the infide, by which all the Thorax was 
mounted. And left the Ribsthus fix’d at both Extremities Ihould 
be too ready to move from before to behind, and e contra, each 
of the Ribs was perforated above toward tire Back, and below 
toward the Belly, for receiving of Foldings and Latchets of \\ ires 
to be faftned in chem. Then I provided two big Wires, each be- 
ing folded twice, the length of the Thorax ; one of which being 
pafs’d through the laft Rib, its two Parts being brought toge- 
ther, they were twilled feveral times, till it was brought oppo- 
fite to the Latchet in the next Rib, within which the one part' 
was pafs^d, the other continuing without, and then twilling a- 
gain, till it came to the third it was lo continued throughout 
all the Ribs, both above and below, to keep them firm and at a 
due diftance. And thus you have the whole Trunk mount- 
ed. . 
Next, I took the two Scapula, as belonging to the upper Ex- f jomJ? 7^ 
tremities ; and left they Ihould be too weighty for the Ribs, if oftheScx- 
nail’d to them, as is ufually done in other Sceletons, I thought P ulae * 
fit to perforate both of them oppofite to one another at their 
upper Margin, and to pafs a good big Wire through one of the 
Perforations, which being folded, was twilled for the fpace of 
20 Inches, *. e. from the Scapula on the one fide, ftreight over 
the Back, palling in betwixt two of the Vertebra , till it came to 
that on the other, where it was faftned. Afterward both the 
Scapula were faftned, by bringing two folded Wires from the 
outfide of each Scapula, through the firft and third Rib, in whofe 
infide they were fix’d ; then was the Head of the Scapula perfo- 
rated through the Margin which guards the Humerm at the fore 
and back-part* 
