172 AKISTOTLE S ANHOMCEOMERIA. 



people.* These statements are substantially correct. Ac 

 cording to Cuvier, there are two mammae, whence milk flows 

 through nipples situated in little pits (fossettes), one on each 

 side of the vulva, t 



Male solid-hoofed animals have no teats, Aristotle says, 

 except those which resemble their dams, a phenomenon 

 which is seen in horses, t The horse is one of the com 

 paratively few animals in which the males are without 

 teats, but John Hunter found traces of them in some 

 stallions. 



The above comprise the most interesting parts of 

 Aristotle s researches on the urinogeiiital organs. There 

 are many others in various parts of his w r orks, but those 

 discussed are sufficient, perhaps, to represent fairly the 

 value of his researches. 



- l-L A. ii. c. 9, s. 1. 



j- Lccons d Anat. Compar., 2nd edition, Paris, vol. viii. 184G, pp. 

 604 and 608. 



I H. A. ii. c. 3, s. 2. 



The Works of John Hunter, edit, by J. F. Palmer, 1835-7, vol. iv. 

 p. 37. 



