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Mr. Tasker's Letters
to bow-strings , 3-et the use of the bow was prior to the discovery of the nerve . ) . nv ^ r , * was the appropriated Greek word for-ihe string of the bow , and from thence ivas . formed the word iu vsv ^ ou , which in all old medical writers signifies nerve , tendon , or any round ligament promiscuously . For want of this knowledge I have heard some modern anatomists affect to ridicule the Stagyritewith . respect to
, his mention of the nerves of the heart ; whereas , though but an indifferent anatomist , he was correctly and scientifically right in his observation ; since he clearly means , the strong tendinous fibres of the heart . Aristotle did not even know that any nerves at all ori ginated from ihe brain , and therefore could not possibly allude to the par vagum ,
or any other ' nerves that mi ght supply" the heart ; and therefore could allude to nothing but those well-known strong tendons , that make a constituent part of that noble muscle , and assist'in its dilatation and contraction . In fact , the Greek philosophers , physiologists , and physicians , had little or no idea of the difference between what we now call nerve , tendon , or ligament ; for which ever of the three had the
appearance of a string , was known by the common appellation of nerve . But some modern critics have extended this idea too far when they suppose that Galen and some other writers meant to comprehend the flat and capsular ligaments under the general term of nerves . If this were the case , the complicated wound of _ / £ neas might be explained in a few words ; but your knowledge of the Greek language will teach you , that nothing was called nerve b y the ancients , but what was round , and like a twisted cord . Your ' s .
Short Essays On Various Subjects.
SHORT ESSAYS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS .
FOR THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE
ON PREDICTION AND FOREKNOWLEDGE
THE most important actions of our life are marked in Heaven before the thoughts come into our mind of producing them ; as those of our birth and death , the two extremities of our career ; as also many others which mark the summit of our greatest happpiness or our misery . All the misfortunes which come into the world , or shall
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Mr. Tasker's Letters
to bow-strings , 3-et the use of the bow was prior to the discovery of the nerve . ) . nv ^ r , * was the appropriated Greek word for-ihe string of the bow , and from thence ivas . formed the word iu vsv ^ ou , which in all old medical writers signifies nerve , tendon , or any round ligament promiscuously . For want of this knowledge I have heard some modern anatomists affect to ridicule the Stagyritewith . respect to
, his mention of the nerves of the heart ; whereas , though but an indifferent anatomist , he was correctly and scientifically right in his observation ; since he clearly means , the strong tendinous fibres of the heart . Aristotle did not even know that any nerves at all ori ginated from ihe brain , and therefore could not possibly allude to the par vagum ,
or any other ' nerves that mi ght supply" the heart ; and therefore could allude to nothing but those well-known strong tendons , that make a constituent part of that noble muscle , and assist'in its dilatation and contraction . In fact , the Greek philosophers , physiologists , and physicians , had little or no idea of the difference between what we now call nerve , tendon , or ligament ; for which ever of the three had the
appearance of a string , was known by the common appellation of nerve . But some modern critics have extended this idea too far when they suppose that Galen and some other writers meant to comprehend the flat and capsular ligaments under the general term of nerves . If this were the case , the complicated wound of _ / £ neas might be explained in a few words ; but your knowledge of the Greek language will teach you , that nothing was called nerve b y the ancients , but what was round , and like a twisted cord . Your ' s .
Short Essays On Various Subjects.
SHORT ESSAYS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS .
FOR THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE
ON PREDICTION AND FOREKNOWLEDGE
THE most important actions of our life are marked in Heaven before the thoughts come into our mind of producing them ; as those of our birth and death , the two extremities of our career ; as also many others which mark the summit of our greatest happpiness or our misery . All the misfortunes which come into the world , or shall