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brevis hallucis. The work which I have done in the same field renders 

 it impossible for me to accept the conclusions at which he has arrived. 

 In the case of the hand he distinguishes the four fleshy slips 

 with which his paper deals by the first four letters of the alphabet. 

 This is a convenient method. 



Fig. 2. Diagram of one of Dr. Bbooks' dissections in which the deep 

 branch of the ulnar (m) constitutes the sole supply of ^ and B. 

 e. adductor transversus, 

 /'. s. radial sesamoid, 

 u. s. ulnar sesamoid. 

 The nerve is remarkable notorly on account of its large size but 

 also from its passing superficial to D and supplying this muscle on its 

 anterior aspect. 



1. By the letter Ä he designates the muscle which in English 

 textbooks is known as the superficial or radial head of the 

 flexor brevis pollicis. 



2. By the letter D he indicates the muscle described in English 

 textbooks as the deep or ulnar head of the flexor brevis pollicis. 



In the interval between A and I) the fleshy slips jK and C 

 are found and they both arise in common with I). 



