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" The stomacli \vas siiuple, the cardiac porlion liaif an inch be- 

 yoiui the eiitraiice ot the asopliagus. The intestiiies vvere slender, 

 and exhibited very great ditference of circuniference betvveen their 

 large and small portions. The leiigth of the small was 2i iiiches, 

 of the large 8 inches. The distance from the cardiac lo thepyloric 

 opening, Tbliovving the small curve of the stomach, was little more 

 than haif an inch. The greater curve of the stomach measured 3į 

 inches. The caciim, of considerable size, extended 3;^ inches beyond 

 the entrance of the ileiim. 



" Thekidneys were large, and almostoval; the cortical substance 

 being thin, but very distinct ; the right was situated somewhat the 

 highest. The urinary tubuli entered the pelvis of tlje kidney by 

 one large conical papilla. The bladder was small, and oval, the 

 yreters entering half-way betvveen t\\ej'imdus and the neck. 



" Between the anus and the external parts of generation a distance 

 of 3 or 4 lines intervened ; the clitorū, projecting likę a peiiis, de- 

 pended from the inferior edge of the vagina, and at its extremity the 

 urethra opened, the length of thatcanal being an inch and a half; 

 the urethra passed dovvn the clitoris, as in ihe penis of the malė. The 

 uterus was very small and bifid ; the vagina was 2 inches long, the 

 urethra running attached to its surface. The bones of the pubes vvere 

 not in contact at the symphysis for nearly a quarter of an inch. 



" The chest was next opened. 



" The lungs had tvvo lobes onthe left, and threeon the right side, 

 with a small posterior one on the posterior mediastinum. The heart 

 itself presented nothing remarkable; its right cavities vvere, hovvever, 

 gorged vvith blood. 



"The tongue, an inch and ahalf long, taperingand smcoth, exhi- 

 bited three papillce on its basai portion, disposed so as to form the 

 three points of a triangle. 



" The epiglottis, arising from the root of the tongue, had its edges 

 curled forvvards, so as to form three parts of a cylinder, the tip or 

 extremity being bifid. Beneath the epiglottis the rimą opened, rather 

 widely at its commencement, but narrovving to a mere slit. 



" The aorta gavę off at its arch three branches, viz. the arteria 

 innominata, vvhence the right carotid and right subclavian sprung ; 

 the left carotid; and the lęft subclavian. 



" With reference to the distribution of the arteries in the limbs of 

 slovv-moving animals, asdiscovered by Sir A. Carlisle, the course of 

 the subclavian and of the femoral arteries was examined, vvith a 

 vievv to observe the subdivisions noticed in the slow Lemur and the 

 Sloth by that eminent anatomist. Both vvere injected vvith mercury, 

 but the femoral raost successfully. This latter artery, on leaving 

 the aorta, subdivided into a number of tubes, running a parallel 

 course in contact, intertvvined together, and coramunicating freely 

 with each otlier. This lengthened plexus of vessels, giving off the 

 profunda in a single large trunk, was found to run the usual course 

 dovvn the thigh, the distinct tubes uniting more and more into one, 

 until it becarae popliteal, and then divided as usual into the anterior 

 iind posterior tibial arteries. During the course of this congeries. 



