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A Pancreatic Bladder in tlie Domestic Cat (Felis domestica). 



By W. S. Miller, Associate Professor of Anatomy, Univ. of Wisconsin. 



With one Figure. 



In Volume 3 of the American Journal of Anatomy I brought 

 together the published cases iu which a pancreatic bladder had been 

 found in connection with the mammalian pancreas. There were in 

 all five cases. The first was described by Mayer in 1815, the second 

 by Gage in 1879, the remaining three by myself. To these five cases 

 I have now to add a sixth case which presents a marked difference 

 from those previously described (Fig. 1). 



Like the previous five this sixth case was found in the domestic 

 cat. The animal from which the specimen was obtained was an adult 



Fig. 1. Outline drawing of the liver, jjancreas, stomach and duodenum. The 

 liver has been turned cephalad. The pancreatic bladder and ducts are represented in 

 solid black ; the gall bladder and bile ducts in outline. The specimen was prepared 

 by injecting a yellow starch mass into the ductus choledochus and a red starch mass 

 into the ductus pancreaticus. One-half natural size. 



male. The lobulation of the liver was normal and the pancreas presented 

 no unusual appearance. The gall bladder was of normal size and 

 occupied its usual position. Fusion had taken place between the 



