Animals. 



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adaptation of bone to bone is as beautiful as the arrange- 

 ment of the parts of a flower. 



BONES. IV. 



SUTURES AND BONES OF THE SKULL AND FACE. 



Some of the bones of the skull give trouble to students. 

 The ethmoid and turbinal bones are rarely understood per- 

 fectly, and I have found even medical students unable to 



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FIG. 28. SKULL AND FOOT OF QUAIL. 



Few 

 make 



point out the first of these two, even from a skull, 

 schools possess human skulls, and as a means to 

 clearer the study of skulls the following is suggested : 



Procure any skull, as of a sheep, from the butcher, 

 him saw it through the middle from front to back, 

 give the skull a boiling in hot water with soap or sal-soda ; 

 then rinse it thoroughly and dry. 



Point out each bone and call attention to the beautiful 

 utures that run between the bones, If it is the skull of a. 



Have 

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