A Mechanical Account of Poisons in Several Essays

by Richard Mead

The Ex­pli­ca­tion of Those Fig­ures which are not Ex­plained in the Trea­tise.

[See Larger.] Figs. 1–19.

M. Vander Gucht Sculp.

• FIG. 1. Represents the Head of the Viper in its Natural Bigness, with the Mouth open, and Fangs Erected.
  • (a) Marks the Poisonous Fang.
  • (b) The Eye.
  • (c) The Hole of one Nostril.
  • (d) The Larynx.
  • (e) The Forked Tongue.

All the Other Figures relating to the Viper are drawn larger than the Life.

• Fig. 7, & 8. Exhibit some Muscles, which serve for the Motion of the Jaws.
  • (a, Fig. 7.) Elevator Maxillæ Inferioris.
  • (b) Depressor ejusdem.
  • (c) Depressor Dentis Venenosi.
  • (d) A Strong Ligament fastened by one Extremity to the Spinal Apophysis of the Second Vertebra of the Neck, and by the other to the end of the Elevator Maxillæ Inferioris.
• • (a, Fig. 8.) A Muscle, which being fixt to the Extremity of both Jaws, serves to pull them backwards, and may be call’d Retractor.
    • (b) The Internal side of the Depressor Dentis Venenosi.
    • (c) Elevator Dentis Venenosi.
    • (d) The Extremity of the Lower Jaw.
    • (e e) Flexores Capitis.
    • (f) The Internal Part of the Skin covered with some Muscular Fibres.

• Fig. 17. Shews the Head of the Scolopendra.
  • (a a) The Wounding Claws.
  • (b) The Mouth.
  • (c c) The Two First Feet.

• Fig. 18. The Weapons of the Nhamdu in their Natural Bigness.