Of the Muscks

Vesd. t. Gluteus Major.
s>. n. r. 1
10. K.
spigei. So called from its being the largest
? 29cc Muscle °^ tn°fe which compose the
'4' ' Buttocks It has a large Semicircular
Beginning ; Forwards meerly Tendi-
nous, from near two Thirds of the
External Part of the Spine of the Os
Ilium (30); Backwards its Origina-F/^.xviii.
tion is Thick and Flelhy from the Po-
sterior part of its Spine, and hindmosl
part of the Sacrum (34) laterally,
and whole Os Coccjgis (0) as also from
a Broad Ligament that's extended be-
tween the two last Named Bones and
Tubercle of the Os Isibium (31); its
Fleiliy Fibres Descending Disgregate-
ly in an almost semicircular manner
become Tendinous as they approach
the Great Trochanter (40), where its
United with its First described Ten-
dinous Beginning, Descending over
the External part of the Great Tro-
canter, after being joined with the
Tendon os the Membranous, proceeds
to cover and scri&ly Embrace all the
External Muscles of the Tibia like the
External Tendon of the Biceps Thofe
of the Cubit: But the other part of
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