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The muscles are swelled by exertion ; by vio-
lent exertion they are greatly swelled : therefore,
lest they should at any time, by an unfortunate
strain, burst, and be separated from the bones, they
are strongly bound at proper places, by bands ca-
pable of resisting such violence. For instance,
above the wrist, lest the muscles of the arm should
recede from their places, is situated one of these
broad bands (named fascia), which unites, and-
compresses, the course or the muscles in this part.
These bands prevent any considerable increase of
flesh, or of fat, where they are seated; for which
reason the joints of children are extremely small and
slender, compared to their other parts; the soft and
juicy flesh being found between the junctures (as,
between the wrist and the elbow), but never at those
places which are to permit, or to contribute, mo-
tion : neither in the fattest persons, is their increase
at the joints proportionate to their increase else-
where.
Of the motions of the head and neck we have for-
merly said something, as the neck is the center, and
principal instance of graceful motion, we shall pro-
bably have occasion further to consider its motion
on a future subject ; our present design having re-
ference chiefly to such motions as afreet proportion.
The Arm being a member of very general ser-
vice, has an almost infinite variety of motions be-
longing to it; originating either from the shoulder,
or from the elbow. We shall briefly notice some of
the principal.
The
The muscles are swelled by exertion ; by vio-
lent exertion they are greatly swelled : therefore,
lest they should at any time, by an unfortunate
strain, burst, and be separated from the bones, they
are strongly bound at proper places, by bands ca-
pable of resisting such violence. For instance,
above the wrist, lest the muscles of the arm should
recede from their places, is situated one of these
broad bands (named fascia), which unites, and-
compresses, the course or the muscles in this part.
These bands prevent any considerable increase of
flesh, or of fat, where they are seated; for which
reason the joints of children are extremely small and
slender, compared to their other parts; the soft and
juicy flesh being found between the junctures (as,
between the wrist and the elbow), but never at those
places which are to permit, or to contribute, mo-
tion : neither in the fattest persons, is their increase
at the joints proportionate to their increase else-
where.
Of the motions of the head and neck we have for-
merly said something, as the neck is the center, and
principal instance of graceful motion, we shall pro-
bably have occasion further to consider its motion
on a future subject ; our present design having re-
ference chiefly to such motions as afreet proportion.
The Arm being a member of very general ser-
vice, has an almost infinite variety of motions be-
longing to it; originating either from the shoulder,
or from the elbow. We shall briefly notice some of
the principal.
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