242 Literary Notices 



Takasu, K, Zur Entwickelung der Ganglienzellen der Kleinhirnrinde des Schweines. Anat. Anz. 

 Vol. 26, pp. 225-232. 1905. 



The author establishes the time of appearance and the relative development 

 at different ages, of the various types of cells and of the medullated fibers. 



G. E. c. 



Borchert, Max. Ueber eine bisher unbekannte Gesetztnassigkeit im Zentralnervensystem von 

 Torpedo. Anat. Anz.,Yo\. 26 pp. 289-292. 1905. 



In those cranial nerves which have a more cephalic and a more caudal root 

 the former passes out to its destination ventrally of the latter. In this respect the 

 roots of the electric nerves and vagus roots would appear to be parts of one and 

 the same nerve. G. E. c. 



Fischer, Johannes. Ueber den Bau der Nerven des sympathischen Nervensystems. Anat. Anz., 

 Vol. 26, pp. 388-399. 1905. 



From a study of the sympathetic nervous system of the cat, particularly, an 

 attempt is made to classify the sympathetic fibers according to the size of the fibers 

 and the thickness of the sheath. Four types are distinguished, and a tabulated 

 record is given of the occurrence and frequency of the various types in different 

 parts of the system. g. e. c. 



Zuckerkandl, E. Die Riechstrahlung. Arbeiten aus dem Neurologischen Institute an der Wiener 

 Universitdt, Vol. II, pp. I-28. 1904. 



A comparative study of the medial olfactory tract with special reference to the 

 fornix longus in its relation to the fibrae perforantes corpus callosi et psalterii. 

 The fornix longus of authors is only a part of a system which includes the fibrae 

 perforantes corpus callosi and the whole psalterium. The integrity of this system 

 may best be seen in those brains which have a wide splenial angle. 



Hatschek, Rud. Bemerkungen iiber das ventrale Haubenfeld,die mediale Schleife und den Aufbau 

 der Brucke. Arbeiten aus dem Neurologischen Institute an der Wiener Universitat, Vol. 11, 

 pp. 128-156. 1904. 



A thorough comparative discussion of this part of the mammalian brain. Some 

 attempt is made, also, to correlate the structural peculiarities of the region with 

 certain characteristic activities in various types. G. E. c. 



Karplus, J. P. Bemerkungen iiber die grauen Massen im Funiculus cuneatus der menschlichen 

 Medulla oblongata. Arbeiten aus dem Neurologischen Institute an der Wiener Universitat, 

 Vol. II, pp' 171-183. 1904. 



Eighteen original figures in the text, with descriptions, are presented to demon- 

 strate the author's main thesis, that areas of substantia gelatinosa Rolandi, fre- 

 quently mistaken for the nucleus lateralis funiculi cuneati, are distributed through 

 the funiculus cuneatus: a condition which has been overlooked by numerous lead- 

 ing authors. G. E. c. 



