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THE TONER LECTURES. 



Quain's Anatomy (ed. 1876, p. ol) : " Tlie alse are lifted poste- 

 riorly, aud articulate ed;^e to edge with the lamella projecting in- 

 wards at the base of the internal pterygoid plate." 



L. Holden (Human Osteology, 1869, p. 101): "The diverging 

 edges of the fissure, called the " wings," fit into the little furrows 

 beneath the vaginal processes of the sphenoid bone." 



Ph. C Sappey (Traite d'Anatomie Descriptive, p. 214) describes 

 the alaj as the borders of the groove by which the vomer articu- 

 lates with the sphenoid bone, and further states that they are re- 

 ceived in the groove on the internal surface of the base of the 

 pterygoid process. 



F. O. Ward (Human Osteology, p. 89) describes two projecting 

 larainse of the sphenoid bone overlapping and retaining the vome- 

 rine alse. 



Fig. 5. — The posterula of a North American Indian (No. 951, Narra- 

 gansett), showing entire union between the vomer with the sphenoid bone. 



1. Lateral superior foramen. 



2. Vaginal process. 



3. Lateral inferior foramina. 



4. Palatal bone. 



5. Vomer. 



At the risk of repeating a few phrases the following detailed 

 statements are here made : The crania named below are examples of 



