CONTENTS. Vll 



CHAPTER V. 



DISSECTION OF THE BACK. 



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First Layer of Muscles ........ 354 



Second Layer of Muscles ....... 358 



Third Layer of Muscles ....... 359 



Fourth Layer of Muscles with Vessels and Nerves .... 361 



Fifth Muscular Layer, and the Sacral Nerves .... 369 



CHAPTER VI. 



DISSECTION OF THE SPINAL CORD. 



Membranes of the Cord ....... 374 



Roots of the Spinal Nerves ....... 377 



Vessels of the Cord . . . . . . . .379 



Form and Divisions of .the Cord ...... 380 



Structure of the Cord, and the deep Origin of the Nerves . . . 382 



Intraspinal Vessels . . . . . . . .384 



CHAPTER VII. 



DISSECTION OF THE PERINEUM. 



SECTION 1. Perinseum of the Male ...... 386 



Posterior Half of the Space . . . . .387 



Anterior Half of the Space . . . . .391 



Lateral Operation of Lithotomy . . . . 399 



2. Perinaeum of the Female ...... 400 



CHAPTER VIII. 



DISSECTION OF THE ABDOMEN. 



SECTION 1. Wall of the Abdomen ...... 404 



2. Hernia of the Abdomen . . . . . .420 



3. Cavity of the Abdomen . ... . . . 430 



Connections of the Viscera ..... 431 



Peritoneum and its Folds ..... 435 



Mesenteric Vessels, and Part of the Sympathetic Nerve . 439 



Connections of the Aorta and Vena Cava . . . 444 



Connections of the Duodenum and Pancreas . . . 445 



Coeliac Axis and Vena Portae ..... 446 



Sympathetic and Vagus Nerves .... 450 



4. Anatomy of the Abdominal Viscera .... 452 



The Stomach ..... .452 



The Small Intestine . . . . . .456 



The Large Intestine ...... 461 



