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advanced stage towards the ultimate goal of perfection which is 
already reached by many of the other sciences. 
EXPLANATION OF THE FIGURES. 
The anterior portion of the Larynx is represented above, and the posterior part 
below :— 
Fig. 1. Represents the appearance of the larynx during tranquil respiration. 
The epiglottis is raised, the glottis is widely opened, and a portion of the anterior 
wall of the windpipe is visible. 
Fig. 2. The condition of the larynx during a deep inspiration. The rings of 
the windpipe, and its bifurcation into the two bronchial tubes, are here apparent. 
Fig. 3. Represents the semiclosure of the glottis during the act of swallowing. 
Fig. 4. The appearance of the glottis during the production of the gravest chest 
sounds (after Czermak). 
Fig. 5. The appearance on the emission of the chest sound Do? (after Battaille). 
Fig. 6. The condition of the larynx during the production of the most acute 
sounds. 
Fig. 7. The appearance of the glottis on emitting Mib® of the chest register. 
Fig. 8. The appearance on suddenly passing to Mig? of the fulsetto register 
(Battuille). 
a, The epiglottis. 
b. The inferior or true vocal cords. 
c. The superior or false vocal cords. 
d. The tubercle of the cartilage of Santorini, which rests on the apex of 
the arytenoid cartilage. 
g. The arytenoid cartilages. 
h. The veutricles of Morgagni. 
l. The anterior wall of the windpipe. 
m. Right bronchus, 
n. Left bronchus. 
o. The posterior wall of the larynx. 
p. The aryteno-epiglottic ligameut. 
r. The posterior wall of the gullet. 
s. The entrance of the gullet, the line of demarcation between the wall of 
the pharynx and the posterior surface of the larynx. 
t. The cushion of the epiglottis. 
». The tubercle corresponding to the cartilage of Wrisberg. 
z. The base of the tongue. 
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VI. COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY AS INDICATING THE 
ANTIQUITY OF MAN. 
By Davin Parkes, President of the Sheffield Literary and 
Philosophical Society. 
Writers on the Antiquity of Man generally attempt to demon- 
strate their position by referrmg to the undoubted remains left by 
man during ages long past, such as the lake dwellings of Switzer- 
land and other places, rude pottery found in Egypt in the Nile 
deposits, which have been formed during years to be numbered by 
tens of thousands, flmt implements discovered in the gravel pits of 
Abbeville, the contents of immense shell mounds, and other débris 
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