gastrocnemii

Next morning the monkey stowed himself away behind the pumps, till the same marine passed; he then sprung out, and laid hold of him by the calf of the leg; and, in spite of sundry kicks and cuffs, never once relaxed his jaws till the teeth met amongst what the loblolly boy, in the pride of his anatomical knowledge, called the “gastrocnemii muscles” of his enemy's leg.

The Lieutenant and Commander Hall, Basil, 1788-1844 1862

Thus in the cramp of the calves of the legs in diarrhoea, the increased sensorial power of association is the proximate cause; the preceding increased action of the bowels is the remote cause; and the proximate effect is the violent contractions of the musculi gastrocnemii; but the pain of these muscles is only an attendant symptom, or a remote effect.

Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766

If a foot-board be put at the bed's feet, and the bed be so inclined, that he will rest a little with his toes against the foot-board, that pressure is said to prevent the undue contractions of the musculi gastrocnemii, which constitute the calf of the leg.

Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766

(Latoxan, Rosans, France) in the gastrocnemii muscles.

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