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observers presume to have detected the Septum of Cloquet. In 
reality what has been described as such, is nothing but a mass of 
connective tissue bundles filling up the space left between the 
lymphatic vessels. | am firmly convinced that, together with the 
vessels, also the lymphatic vessels run from the leg as far as the 
pelvis and perhaps further, in a permanent connective tissue sub- 
strate, surrounded by connected fasciae, which according as the 
local relations vary, will be outlined more or less sharply. 
In the foregoing I do not at all presume to have brought forward 
new facts. Such facts as were disclosed in my preparations have 
already been discussed by others. How could it be otherwise, con- 
sidering that the same field bas already been worked up thoroughly 
numberless times by numberless anatomists? If then, in spite of this 
I have been bold enough to take up again the anatomy of the crural 
canal, it is because I believe that the bringing together of some details, 
about which some authors still disagree, may serve two purposes: 
In the first place this inquiry may be conducive to increase the 
appreciation of the connective tissue in the strict sense of the word, 
also in macroscopic anatomy, without derogating from the fasciae. 
We only wish to lay stress on the fact, that as OMBREDANNE argues, 
the connective tissue is essentially a supporting tissue: ,,. . . mais 
il n'existe que là vu il soutient quelque chose”. Moreover, apart 
from the appreciation due to Fransren’s valuable work described 
in his thesis, my paper may tend to forestall the view that the 
fossae of the topographical anatomy are to be considered essentially 
ag spaces, in which a vacuum could readily be induced. 
In the second place what has been reported in this paper, may 
be of some valne for applied anatomy, also in another respect. For 
instance our conception of the canalis cruralis is somewhat modified 
by it. Whereas hitherto it has been described as a region, more or 
less independent, and enclosed by independent muscular fasciae, it 
would be more proper, I think, to look upon this path, along which 
the hernia proceeds, as a subdivision of a large continuous complex 
of connective tissue. It is generally imagined that an entrance into 
this forbidden space is made by forcing Cloquet’s septum, which 
is Supposed to stand at the beginning of the tunnel. I, on the con- 
trary, would contend that, since there is no real entrance of the 
tunnel anyhow not in that sense, a spot must be found somewhere 
else, when the intrusive peritoneum can press itself into the fascial 
tube. Indeed, I believe to have found a ‘‘weak spot” in the fascial 
wall, which may be deemed answerable for such a dereliction of 
duty. When we consider that the fascia transversa, running across 
