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by their be;;10 tel to Erth other by lateral
slips, excelit fore-Egger, which had but one
extensor, and was, therefore, placed compara-
tively separate. The trwtk of the body Was dlauted
on the pe/ris--;.the vertebral column was-fi-:•ed
its position -by large. masses
_of museiei originate
ing from the ilium and SacriEnt, and inserted in
the trausrerse and spinose processes of the loins,-
This mass was of an assimilated, nut of a sepa-
rate or distinct nature. Its general non-a!;
pearance through - the skin setts occasioned by
a cover consisting of a large 'web of tendons,
which enclosed the whole. The.• office of this.
muscular mass was to support the spine in. an
erect postute;',and to relieve the trunk, and restore
it to itsraietstreovhett pressed forward by any par-
ticular. : -exittion: The Professor here explained
the canseof -that variation in the human height,'
Which was so universally known to exst betw,ea
the stature of nran in the morning and evening.
It Was occasioned by the relaxation of the con-
vex. muscles of the tipper parts •of the body,
which were sunk by the weight of the reonk.
iu
the course of diurnal. exercise and which was
known to produce a temporary reduction of
height, -in the -proportion •of th guar ei's of
an inch to a man of six feet. Ile then pointed
Out, with precision, the • series of •muscles corn-
prising the two sets which form the front iispect
of the abdomen, hi inging the body. fur ward ,- and
those of the hip joints': An examination of the
spinal column termiltating in the ossacrum, and of
the whole of this corporeal division, -slimed the
means 'prepared for the preservation of the body
in au erect posture; It was here worthy of oh- •
servation). that the, analogy between the buttes
of the -upper rid lower e.,•xtremities was much
greater thau that found in comparing the muscles
of those parts. He also entered... into a close
description of the back and front muscles of
the leg and thigh, tracing the course
divisions of each, their several rises for the pttr
pose of. walking, leaping, running, &c. and tho
appearances which -they present in different atti-
holes and exercises. No !neater proof of the strength.,
and force:of the•notscles could, he observed., ha'
adduced, than the frequent occurrence of brokers
bones front their tense exertion. The leg muscles
were of peculiar conforniation, having to support •
and raise up the whole body. The effects produced
on the_ muscular system of the body should be
closely attended to by the student, for, from them
the spectator could ascertain the point of action.
of the figure ; for instance----the languor of the
arms and the drawling of the legs (leucite- the act
of walking, an,erect Posture, on the contrary,
represented the exertion of twining. The ancient
Statues, as. would be seen in Mr. Townley's Col-
lection, were particularly correct in those anato.s
mical definitions.
The 'Professor here remarked, that he could
not quit the present subject without observing,
that, if in the course-of his Discourses he had
too studiously dwelt upon physiological topics,
and given vent to his habitual impressious, he
did so with the intention of more closely call-
ing the attention of the student to a subject
most intimately connected with his proficiency.
in art. The skeleton vs-as to hint the de-
mentary diagram of the human frame, and the•
attached parts which adhered to it, its muscular
contour. The form of man was abstractedly in-(
deed, hut mechanical ; "the artist had, however,
to consider anti contemplate the visible hi2f mony
of forte which subsisted between the human exte-
rior and its mind. It Was that hue union which.
produced Moral effect, and gave sublimity to the
study-which called for all the powers of the sta..'
dent to penetrate and develope the features of that
map of intelltet—the face, and to perfect the ele-
vated pursuit in -Which he was engaged.' This
perfection was" only attainable by close obser-
vation in the path of life—there was no other
way of arriving at this knowledge. Mier re-
capitulating some of the leading points of his
,Course of Lectures, the Professor strongly im-
pressed upon the student's mind the necessity of -
considering and discusssing the anatomical infor-
mation which was connected with his art, with all
that gravity and decorum which belonged to
an inquiry at once a
so philosophical and humi-
liating. .They,had• to recollect, that there was
stronger analogy 'between the compound of Emmaus
and animal life than man's presumption would.
readily admit--,the worm that crawled upon the
earth, and the being whose superior intellect gold-
01 a naval bulwark in safety to the extremities of
the earth, had, in comaion with each. other, their -
points of affinity—the same necessity for food '
pervaded both—they had each their inexorable
dependance on physical law, and were bound
by the• same links to the great family of Na- •
tore. Anatomy was the key to the
.recesses
of the corporeal frame, but it ought not to
be too. familiarly invaded—it was of a charac-
ter abstruse arid elevated, and ought to be con-
sidered in its deep relation to human destiny.
The Learned Professor closed his Lecture by
placing before the Student a .living figure,- and
explaining, from -a comparison between life and
the skeleton suspended in the room, the various
effects produced on the muscles by the 'alteration. .
of particular attitudes through the masses of flesh
which cover the neck and back. He particulatly.:
exhibited and explained some essential points of
anatomical instruction.

Mr. CARLISLE concluded by expressing his
thanks to the Academy, for the patient attention.
they had bestowed upon him throughout the pre-
sent Course of his Lectures.

When lie sat down, he was bailed with three
distinct rounds of applause—a mark of respect to
which his distiUguished anatomical talents parti-
cularly entitled him.

This Lecture, like the preceding ones, was
crowded to excess.

We hare to notice with satisfaction a hand-hill
that has appeared, in which the Friends of Mr.
STEPHENS, although a Commission of Bankrupt
has issued, under which the distribution of his
property must now be made, have thought it due
to those.who have claims upon him, to state, that
the amount of. his Notes in circulation are not
fimnd to exceed 80001., a circumstance which,
with the general state of his affairs, leads to the
expectation 'of a favourable result.—(Gloucester
Herald.)