feuRSjE MueOS.E OF. THE HuMAN BoDY; 7 
S E C T. II. 
Order in which the Subject is to he treated. 
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X HE moll diftinifl method of treating this fubjed: will be, 
To begin with a few general obfervations on the number, fituation, and con- 
nection of the. burfae. 
Next, To defcribe the particular fituation of all of them, with a reference 
to tables which reprefent them of their natural fizes. 
After that. To explain accurately the ftrudture of each part which enters 
into the compoiition of the burfse ; and to compare their ftru£ture, firft, with 
that of the capfular ligaments of the joints j and then, with that of thofe facs 
which line the containing parts of the thorax and abdomen. 
In the laft place. To treat of the caufe of the dangerous inflammation which 
generally follows wounds that penetrate into the cavities of the fliut facs, and 
of the manner of preventing this. 
Sect. III. 
G ENER AL O.BS ERVATIONS on the Number, Situation, and 
Communications of the Burs>^. 
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X HESE facs, fo far as I have yecobferved, are met with in the extremities 
of the body only. 
The Reader will therefore find them all delineated in five tables, reprefent- 
ing a fore and back view of the arm, the like of the leg, and a view of the foie 
of the foot. 
They 
