304 DESCRIPTION OF PLATES. 



the lymphatic vessels of the genitals and those of the lower 

 extremity. 



m y n } A plexus of lymphatic vessels passing on the inside of 

 the iliac artery. 



N.B. The lymphatic vessels appear in these plates more regularly cylindrical than 

 they are represented by Nuck, Ruysch, and others, in whose plates such vessels are 

 painted more like chains of vesicles than I have ever seen them. 



FIG. 2. Exhibits a Back View of the lower Extremity, dissected 

 so as to show the deeper-seated Lymphatic Vessels which 

 accompany the Arteries. 



N.B. This extremity was dried before the plate was made from it, and the muscles 

 are therefore much shrunk. 



A, The os pubis. 



B, The tuberosity of the ischium. 



c, That part of the os ilium which was articulated with the 

 os sacrum. 



D, The extremity of the iliac artery appearing above the 

 groin. 



E, The knee. 



F, F, The two cut surfaces of the triceps muscle, which was 

 divided to show the lymphatic vessels that pass through its 

 perforation along with the crural artery. 



G, The edge of the musculus gracilis. 



H, The gastrocnemius and soleus, much shrunk by being 

 dried, and by the soleus being separated from the tibia to ex- 

 pose the vessels. 



i, The heel. 



K, The sole t)f the foot. 



L, The superficial lymphatic vessels passing over the knee, 

 to get to the thigh. 



On the Outlines. 



M, The posterior tibial artery. 



a, A lymphatic vessel accompanying the posterior tibial 

 artery. 



b, The same vessel crossing the artery. 



c, A small lymphatic gland, through which this deep-seated 

 lymphatic vessel passes. 



