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of the left has little if any representative of that portion. In the 

 cleft of the palate can be seen the inferior and middle turbinated bones 

 of the right side {d, e) and behind the palate bones, the pterygoids {g, g). 



It may be noted in connection with this case that the cleft in the 

 palate and the absence of posterior nares, seem both to be due to the 

 ill'development of the palatine processes of the superior maxillary 

 and palatine bones. On the left side these bones are forced up against 

 the vomer so as to completely close up the posterior narial opening 

 of that side. On the right the almost complete absence of palatine 

 processes has prevented the formation of any true posterior opening 

 on that side. 



The condition of the premaxillary bones is interesting when con- 

 sidered in connection with the opinions published in this journal 

 and elsewhere by Albrecht, Biondi and others on the subject of the 

 development of that bone. Whilst its condition in the specimen under 

 consideration does not afford a corroboration of either view, it is cer- 

 tainly suggestive to find it so much smaller and less well provided 

 with incisor sockets on the side where the cleft exists and where it 

 has therefore not come in contact with the superior maxilla. I have 

 carefully examined the anterior part of this bone without, however, 

 succeeding in finding any cleft, or fissure which might indicate 

 the existence of any additional portion of bone in that region. 



Case III. Unilateral anophthalmus with bilateral 

 auricular appendages (figs. 4 and 5). The infant presenting 



fig. 4. fig. 5. 



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these abnormalities was shown to me by my friend Mr. Peiestley 

 Smith. The child was a few weeks old and had no apparent eye, on 

 the right side. It was difficult to see anything through the pal- 

 pebral opening which was smaller than the left, though well-formed. 

 Careful digital examination revealed the presence of small body in 

 the right orbit of a rounded shape, which may have been an excessively 



