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XXVII. Some Account of the Dissection of a Simia Satyrus, 
Ourang Outang, or Wild Man of the Woods. By JouN 
JEFFRIES, M.D.* 
HE attention of the medical profession to comparative 
anatomy, and the interest which the naturalist feels in 
prosecuting this interesting study, are my inducements for of- 
fering the following account of an animal which forms, in. the 
chain of created beings, the connecting link of brutes to man. 
Many have been disposed to doubt the existence of such an 
animal as the Satyrus, and more have been incredulous of any 
remarkable similarity in structure to man. Such doubts, I 
think, must be removed, by an examination of the anatomical 
preparations I have been enabled to make of hin +. 
This animal is a native of Borneo, an Asiatic island under 
the equator, in longitude from 110° to 120° east. This indi- 
vidual was carried from Borneo to Batavia, and came into the 
possession of Mr. Forrestier of that place, where he remained 
some time. By him he was sent, consigned to Mr. Charles 
Thatcher, merchant, of this place, in the Octavia, Captain 
Blanchard. He died on the night of the second of June, the 
first after his arrival; disappointing the sanguine expectations 
of his owners of great pecuniary remuneration from his exhi- 
bition in public. 
In his external appearance, our subject resembled an Afri- 
can, with the neck somewhat shorter and the head projecting 
more forward. He was three feet and a half in height. He 
was covered with hair, except his face, the palms of the hands 
and feet, which were all of the colour of the negro. The hair 
was of a dun colour, inclining to black. It resembled the hair 
of the human body more than that of brutes, in consisting all 
of one kind, and not, as in quadrupeds, of two forms of plice. 
On the head the course of the hair was forward and upward ; 
before the ears it was downwards. ‘There was very little on 
the anterior part of the head, leaving him an extensive fore- 
head. On the arm, its course was down; on the fore arm, up. 
It was longest on the back of the arms and thighs, measuring 
from six to seven inches. His ears were thin, small, and 
handsome, lying close upon the head. 
His eyes were hazel-coloured, bright, and somewhat deep 
_* From Webster & Treadwell’s Boston Journal of Philosophy, vol. ii. p.570. 
+ I cannot sufliciently regret the season of the year in which he fell into 
my hands, which has prevented that patient and slow dissection which alone 
could enable me to give a correct and full description of his internal struc- 
ture. The above is the best account I can offer, from a dissection prose- 
cuted with the temperature for several days from 88° to 94°. 
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