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The short muscles of the thumb were very small. 



Muscles of the Lower Extremity. The Gluteus maximus 

 covered only the lower part of the gluteal region, but had a 

 portion of its origin from the tuber ischii. Its insertion reached 

 as low down as the outer condyle of the femur. 



The Gluteus medius was the largest of the glutei muscles. 



The Flexors of the Leg did not allow the limb to be fully 

 extended on the thigh from their shortness. 



The short head of the Biceps passed beneath the tendon of the 

 long head, became very imperfectly attached to it, and was 

 inserted below it into the fibula. 



No Peroneus tertius existed. 



The Gastrocnemius was fleshy to the Os Calcis. The Tendo 

 Achillis was very short. 



The Flexor longus Pollicis Pedis was united by its tendon to 

 that of the long flexor of the toes. 



The Extensor brevis Digitorum Pedis supplied the tendons of 

 the second, third, and fourth toes only. The great toe had an 

 independent short extensor. 



Intestinal Canal. The Caecum was freely movable. The 

 Sigmoid Flexure was very long, reaching the right hypochondriac 

 region. 



Papillse Circumvallatse of Tongue. Only three existed. 



The Vertebrse were thirty-four, viz: Cervical, 7. Dorsal, 13. 

 Lumbar, 4. Sacral, 5. Coccygeal, 5. 



Prof. Wyman also exhibited two Monkeys' skulls as patholog- 

 ical specimens. One of them, that of a young Cynocephalus, 

 presented a spongy disease of the bones of the head, which 

 Prof. W. has frequently met with in monkeys. In each lung of 

 this animal, was found a tubercle, of the size of a hazel nut, at 

 the posterior and lower part of the lower lobe. The second 

 monkey's skull presented a depressed parietal bone on one side, 

 from some unknown cause ; this was a Cebus from South 

 America. 



Prof. Wyman exhibited two plaster casts of the footprints of a 

 South American Ostrich ; and called attention to the fact, that 

 although the papillee of the skin and other points were represented 



