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6 ADesgriptionofallthe 
where there were no ligamentary fheaths, interpofed between the tendons and 
bones, to which he gave the name of Burfce Mucofe : and of thefe he has defcri- 
bed, in his Hiftoria Mufculorurn, lixteen pairs (^b). Window, howeve'r, nei- 
ther fufficiently examined the extent nor ftrudiure of the membranes lining the 
fheaths of the tendons ; nor does it appear that Albinus conceived that thefe 
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membranes have, in all refpedls, the fame ftruclure and ufes as thofe facs he 
defcribed under the name of Burfae Mucohe ; which we fliall, however, after- 
wards find is the cafe. 
Some of the later anatomifts have not attended to the difcovery of Albi- 
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nus (<:) ; Others, and particularly the very learned Dr Haller, have mif- 
taken the nature of fuch burfae; fuppofing them to be formed of cel- 
lular membrane, like to that which covers the belly of a mufcle {d ) : While 
the greater number of the late writers in anatomy (e) content themfelves with 
repeating the defcription of Albinus, without attempting to throw farther light 
on the fubjedl. 
Sect. II. 
{b) B. S. Albini Hid. Mufcul. in qto, 1734, 
p. dpq. Burfas fubjedae mufeulis, maxime tend! 
nibus eorum, ad faciliorem mobilitatem. 
In Uiaco interno. 
In Geminls. 
Latiffimo dorfij 
Bicipite crurisj 
Deltoide, 
Semimembranofo^ 
Terete majore. 
Crurali, 
Bicipite braebii. 
Gracili, 
, Gluteo magno, 
Gemello, 
Gluteo medio, 
Soleo, , - 
Gluteo minore. 
Tibiali antico. 
Of all thefe a defcription is given after that of the mufcles under the tendons of which they are 
placed. ^ 
{c) Chefelden, Lieutaud EIT. An. Leber Prsel. An. make no mention of Burfae. 
(d) Haller, Pr. Lin. Phyf. 396, Cellulofam telam, qu^ totum tendinem communis ampleditur, 
vaginam vocant, mufculi tunicae fimilem.— El. Phyf. lih. XI. fedl. ii. § 39 ’ P* Ejufmodi cellu- 
lofa tela in rotundos magnofque globos congeritur; burfas vocat Albinus, qui varias enumerat. Pre- 
cipliae funt in poplite, et flexoribus tibiae fubjiciuntur. — J. J. Plenck Pr. Lin. Anat. I 775 > H®*- 
tela circa tendines laxam vaginam format.— Leber Pr. Anat. 1778. Textus autem cellulofus tcndines 
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ambiens vagina appellatur, p. 36. 
(c) Sandifort, Defer. Mufcul. Hominis, 1781. — Sabatier, Tr. d’Anat. 1781, 
