370 Journal of Coinparatiz-c Xcurology and Psychology. 



agree in the main with the descriptions by Reizr"?;, but the author's 

 studies are concerned with the significance of these markings in rela- 

 tion to the underlying structures of the medulla. a. e. c. 



Mall, Franklin P. On the Transitory or Aniticial Fissures in the Human 

 Cerebrum. The American Journal of Anatomw II, 3, pp. 333-340. 

 The fissures are produced by the disintegration of the wall.* of the 

 brain vesicles. A table is compiled from over fifty brains to show 

 the relation of different hardening agents, especially formalin and al- 

 cohol, to the occurrence of these fissures. (,. e. c. 



Melius, E. Lindon. On a Hitherto Undescribed Nucleus Lateral to the Fas- 

 ciculus Solitarius. The American /ournal of Anatomy, II, 3, pp. 361- 

 364. 



In the dog this nucleus consists of "large, oval or pear-shaped 

 cells" extending upward 2 mm. from the level of the calamus scriptor- 

 ius. A corresponding group of smaller cells occurs in man. 



(J. E. c. 



Holmgren, Emil. Einige Worte zu der Mitteilung von Kopsch : "Die Dar- 

 stellung des Binnennetzes in spinalen Cianglienzellen und anderen Korper- 

 zellen mittels Osmiumsaure." Anat. Am., XXII, Xo. 17-1S, pp. 374-381, 

 Jan., 1903. 

 The author reviews anil, in certain points, corrects Kopsch'.-i 

 criticism of his work un intracellular canaliculi. By way of illustra- 

 tion he introduces two new figures, with descriptions, of the "Tropho- 

 spongium" and Saftkanalchen in the ner\e cells of birds. 



G. E. C. 



Holmgren, Emil. Ueber die sog. "inlracellularen Faden" der Xervenzellen 

 von Lophtus piscatorius. Anat. .Am., XXIII, X'o. 2-3, pp. 37-49, April 

 8, 1903. 



A review of the author's previous publications on the nerve cells 

 of Lophius with special reference to .Solger's paper on Torpedo. The 

 author denies the existence of a pericellular lymph space normally, 

 and abandons the idea that the intracellular fibrils are nervous. 



G. E. c. 



Wolff, Max. Ueber die Kontinuitit des peritibrillaren Xeuroplasmas (Hyalo- 

 plasma, Leydig-Xansen). Anat. Am., XXIII, X'o. I, pp. 20-27. March 

 17. >903- 

 The finer structure of the axone terminals upon the muscle sup- 

 ports Held's theory regarding the jjericellular net of Golgi, and af- 

 fords a morphological basis for the Levmg-Xansen theory of hyalo- 

 plasm. G. E. c. 



