PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANATOMICAL AND AN Til KOl'OU Mill 'Al. 



without doubt a case of a hernia of the stomach and not a dilatation 

 of the lower end of the oesophagus. 



The stomach itself was very small, and a very distinct hour-glass 

 contraction of the muscular coat wa* evident about the middle of the 

 viscus. The lumen of the pyloric orifice was extremely narrow, and 

 it was surrounded by a distinct thickened ring of tissue. On micro- 

 scopic examination this thickening was found to consist of involuntary 

 muscular fibre. These appearances were probably due to formalin 

 preservative fixation. 



A branch of the diaphragmatic artery curved in front of the 

 opening in the diaphragm. 



The height of the diaphragm was normal. In the right mammary 

 line it reached the upper border of the fifth rib, and on the left side it 

 reached the fifth intercostal space. 



ON THE CONTENTS OF SHOET CISTS FOUND TN ABERDEEN- 

 SHIRE AND NEIGHBOURING COUNTIES. 



By ALEX. Low, M.A., M.B., C.M., Senior Assistant to the Professor of Anatomy 

 and Lecturer on Embryology, University of Aberdeen. 



(With Plates l.-V.) 



There is preserved in the Anatomical Museum of Aberdeen 

 University a valuable series of the contents of short cists. By the kind 

 permission of Professor Reid it has been my privilege to examine these 

 and thus obtain information especially as to the physical characters of 

 the builders of these short cists in this part of the country. 



The cists have been from time to time unearthed in Aberdeen- 

 shire and neighbouring counties, and their contents as presented to 

 the Anatomical Museum have been carefully preserved, each set in its 

 own glass case. 



Beyond the site and date of discovery, we are able to give little 

 further data about most of the cists themselves. As to the contents 

 of the cists, while the record of these is fairly complete, there may 

 in some cases have been implements of stone or Hint that have not 

 been presented along with the skeletal remains. 



