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those of the European, and that in both cases the right bones are longer 

 than the left. 



The Chinaman has longer and narrower scapuhe than the Euro- 

 pean. The increase in length occurs in the infra-scapular regions, 

 which are very thin and perforated here and there. 



The bones of the upper extremities of the Chinese are slender, 

 with muscular impressions badly marked, and the relation between 

 the length of right forearm to right arm is greater than in the 

 European, the respective indices being 76 and 73. 



The Chinese femora show strong ridges for muscular attach- 

 ment. Their shafts show pilastering and are more bent forward than 

 those of the European. 



In the legs, the tibia; of the Chinese are much more flattened 

 laterally than those of the other skeleton, and the area 1 of origin 

 tibiales postici muscles are more pronounced. The distances, too, 

 between the tibiae and fibula; are increased, and the relation between 

 the length of right leg to right thigh is greater than in the European, 

 the respective indices being 80 and 78. 



HEENIA OF THE (ESOPHAGEAL END OF THE STOMACH. 



By R. H. SPITTAL. 



The subject was an old female. 



A pouch of peritoneum was found extending up through the 

 diaphragm along the lower end of the oesophagus for nearly H 

 inches. It overlapped the oesophagus in front, on the left side, and 

 partly behind, i.e., for rather more than half its circumference. This 

 pouch was mostly in relation with the left parietal pleura, but a 

 small portion in front was in relation with the pericardium. Just 

 beneath the diaphragm the stomach showed a distinct bulging, bounded 

 below by a well-marked constriction. When the stomach was dis- 

 tended with water this bulging rose up and filled the pouch. On 

 slitting open the viscus the circular muscle fibres of the oesophagus 

 were seen to terminate at the level of the diaphragm, so that it was 



