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occupy the whole length of the spinal cord, one on each side. 2nd. The 

 respiraiory yanylia, situated liigher up towards the brain, constituting the 



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part called medulla oblongata, and placed in superintendence over the 

 functions of respiration, mastication, and deglutition. 3rd. A series of 



