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which I first pointed out and had figured in 1847, and 

 have shown yearly from that time to the present, and 

 the fossa masseterica^ a shallow concavity on the ramus 

 of the lower jaw, for the lodgement of the masseter 

 muscle, which acquires significance when examined by 

 the side of the deep cavity on the corresponding part 

 in some carnivora to which it answers, may perhaps be 

 claimed as deserving attention. I have also pleased 

 myself by making a special group of the six radiating 

 muscles * which diverge from the spine of the axis, or 

 second cervical vertebra, and by giving to it the name 

 Stella musculosa nucTice. But this scanty catalogue is 

 only an evidence that one may teach long and see little 

 that has not been noted by those who have gone before 

 him. Of course I do not think it necessary to include 

 rare, but already described anomalies, such as the epi- 

 sternal bones, the rectus sternalis, and other interesting 

 exceptional formations I have encountered, which have 

 shown a curious tendency to present themselves sev- 

 eral times in the same season, perhaps because the 

 first specimen found calls our attention to any we may 

 subsequently meet with. 



The anatomy of the scalpel and the amphitheatre 

 was, then, becoming an exhausted branch of investiga- 

 tion. But during the present century the study of the 

 human body has changed its old aspect, and become 

 fertile in new observations. This rejuvenescence was 



* Recttis capitis j)Osticus major, dbliquus capitis inferior, and semisjpinalis 

 colli, on each side. 



