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is in contact with the right lobe of the liver, and also (to a variable 

 extent) with the left lobe. 



The adhesion of the transverse colon to the posterior body wall 

 in the region of the right kidney and descending duodenum was first 

 observed by Toldt (13) in the latter half of the fourth foetal month. 

 Broman (3) similarly describes in foetuses of nine centimeters length 

 and upwards, an adhesion of the transverse colon to the upper part 

 of the duodenum, so that the primitive transverse mesocolon is lost 

 on the right side of the body, only that portion on the left side per- 



Fig. 3. Same as Fig. 2, except that the stomach and most of the small intestines 

 have been removed. X 3. 



In addition to the lettering of Fig. 2 : a. p. area papillaris (dotted outline). 

 Ä.I. splenic artery. C. caecum, g. gastric surface of sjileen. II. lower end of ileum. 

 I.e. iliac colon, l.pc. ligamentum phreno-colicum. mes. mesentery, mes.tr. mesocolon 

 transversum. 0. great omentum (cut edge). Ov. ovary. F. pancreas (anterior surface 

 of body), per. parietal peritoneum. S.f. splenic flexure of colon. Just above this is 

 the pancreatico-lieno-colic fossa. T. Fallojiian tube. Ut. uterus. V. a. vermiform ap- 

 pendix. 



