Dr. Foville's Researches on the Anatomy of the Brain. 331 



of upwards of forty cuneiform inscriptions near the Lake Van, 

 in Armenia. M. St. Martin had not fully examined them, but 

 he had found one in the triple characters of Persepolis, con- 

 taining in several places the name of Xerxes (Kschearscha) 

 son of Darius, with the titles and qualifications, jaott)^;^^/^/??^, 

 ki7ig of kings, king of gods, gift ofOrmuzd. The tradition of 

 ihe country at the present hour agrees with the Armenian 

 history of Moses Chorenensis, in attributing the works, of 

 ■which remains are seen around the Lake of Van, to Semi- 

 ramis, who is also believed to have engraved the inscriptions 

 in question. As almost every great work within the limits of 

 the Assyrian empire was attributed to Semiramis, this tradi- 

 tion implies no more than that they were of Assyrian origin; 

 which seems very likely, with the single exception of that in 

 which Xerxes is mentioned. It may be worth while to remark 

 that the Greek authors do not speak of any expedition ot Semi- 

 ramis to Armenia ; but Diodorus (ii. 13.) represents her as en- 

 graving an inscription on Mount Bagistan in Media, Svprng 

 yp«ju.aacr(, on which Wesseling observes " Assyrias intelligit." 



[We illustrate this article by a Plate of specimens of the nail-headed 

 characters fron) the Babylonian bricks, which originally appeared in the 

 Phil. Mag. (1st series,) nearly thirty years since. Mr. Kenrick having fa- 

 voured us with the respective words for Xerxes, Rex, and Darii, as ex- 

 pressed at Persepolis, we have inserted them in the Plate, as fig. 2. — Edit.] 



XLIX. Researches on the Anatomy of the Brain. By Dr. Fo- 

 viLLE, Priticipal Physician of the Lunatic Asylum for the De- 

 partment of the Lo'iicer Seine, Sfc. 



[Concluded from p. 286.] 



Anatomical Section. 

 T^HE spinal marrow is composed of two .symmetrical portions, 

 ■*■ in each of which we perceive three distinct bundles or co- 

 lumns; an anterior, a posterior, and a middle. On their ex- 

 terior are two orders of insertion of nerves, and within each 

 of the lateral halves which are united by a commissure ot me- 

 dullary matter, we find a line of cineritious matter. The size 

 of the s})inal marrow is most considerable at the upper part 

 of the cervical portion, where it takes the name of medulla ob- 

 longata, and presents several distinct enlargements. The most 

 important of these are the corpora pyramidalia, which decus- 

 sate at the upper part, the corpora olivaria, the corpora recti- 

 formia, and the corj)ora pyramidalia posteriora. 



One part of these enlargements is prolonged into the brain, 

 another into the corpora quadrigemina, and a third into the 

 curcbeliuni. 



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