Excerpt from The Muscular Motions of the Human Body It is only in the muscular motions of animals, that the Wonderful manner in which many of these combinations are formed, may be traced to causes that are visible, distinct, and within the reach of every observer; and this happy and illus trative instance of the method in which the Sove reign of the Universe produces an incalculable variety of effects, by the means of a few secon dary agents, must render the motions of the ani mal system highly. Interesting to every studious philosophic mind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.