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London, England, 1816-11-21 00:00:00

BOYiIL ACALEMT.

Mr. CARLISLE, on Monday evening, delivered hie
second Lecture, which the Professor commenced by
stating that Anatemy was subject to two distinct di.
visions, human and t'oroparative—esnestially
sary tn, and indeed forming part of Physic, Pillion)!
phy, and the Fine Arts ; in the latter, it has two ob.
jects, first the establishment of the clopendency # the
muscles upon the bones, and their ItSint.LlVc 111".eers
and monments in producing the actions, and secondly
the form and texture ct the human body.
Mr. CARLISLE then commented upon the classing
of the numerous animate objects in nature, Grevioils
to a more minute entry upon their formation and
anatomy. He particularly recommended the system
of Lot *us.
The Professor next adverted to the substance of
the bones, as preparatory to their form and disposi-
tion, and re:narked, that it was a curious citcum.
stance, that, unlike the shells of fishes and other
animals, they have never been found in a fossil state;
this has led some persons weakly to suppose that
human beings, previous to the flood, were a very
different description of animals. H •wever, the Phi.
losophical S:,ciery in Paris have ingeniously remarked,
that the shells of inferior animals are always found
the deepest buried , nearer to the surface of tare earth
the fossils bear a greater resemblance to human bodes.
Mankind differ from all other animals iat their erect
posture, the extraordinary use of the hand..and the in.
tellect; the fluidity of the blood is determined by its
proportion of water; the solidity of the hone, by its
proportion of lime; the food *noorishes the body by
entering into the principal blood vessels of the stn.
mach, and thus diffusing itself throughout the frame,
The economy of Nature may particularly be observed
in the change of the feathers of northern birds in the
winter; and in the slip port the knot affords the barn.
boo cane from the wind, until its height has attained
.perfection; it may.further be traced in the continual
change all substance is undergoing ; vegetables, when
turned to nourishment, form part of the human body,
from whence. they- are dissolved into earth, and so
.
again underga other metamorphoses. One part of the
system of animals is peculiarly distinct—the nails and
kairla man, and the claws, feathers, beak, and hair in
animals, may he considered as insensible substances,
growing item a livineroot : the composition of the
bones is acid of phosphorus, lime, and animal juice ;
!the decomposition of these simples is easily perform.
ed; by steeping the hope in an acid, it will extract the
lime, and leave a cartilaginous glue, caused by the
union of the Miser twok by burning the bone in a furnace,
it will draw away thkliquid,and the lime will remain.
The flit bones, as those or the skull, ov4y from their
centre to their circumference, the long ones from each
of their ends. •

The Professor then concluded his observations upon
the physical arrangements of the body, by comment-
ing upon the uses of the bones, particularly in rep-
lating the form and proportions.
ne:Zon withdrawing? the applause was load and ge.
Mr.ltossee to the abaci's of the veuerable
IPresi4ent, took the'Chair•