PHYSICAL anv LITERARY. 297 
ArT. XVII. 
The Diffection of the fame Monfter continued ; 
by ALEXANDER Monro junior, M. D. 
and Profeffor of Anatomy in the Univer- 
| fity of Edinburgh *. 
Y father having ‘fhewed the Mr 
Mowat’s defcription of the mon- 
ftrous fetus, and a model of its form in 
wax, I was curious to.know how the parts 
of the head and neck were, formed. The | 
preferved fetus was obtained with difficul- 
ty, and under a promife that no difleion 
fhould be made which might {fpoil its 
form. The fubject was. unfavourable, 
and the promife rendered the difleCiion 
difficult, and impoflible to be performed 
fo accurately as I wifhed. 
AFTER drawing afunder the two pari- 
etal bones of each fide I N N (fee Mr 
Mowat’s fig.) to take out the lint, &c. 
wath which the fcull was filled, and, ha- | 
_ ving cleaned away the matter, membranes, 
mH: Pep &e: 
See May 1. 17555'" 
