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border, then leaving it, it joined the axillary arch. A branch from 

 the posterior division of the third lateral cutaneous nerve seemed 

 to pass into the fascia over this slip. The arch was present on both 

 sides most marked on the left. 



(Signature of observer) J. E. KESSON. 



Date of observation, November, 1903. 

 Sex, Female. 



Abnormal insertion of pectoralis minor muscle (right). 



In this case the insertion took place by means of a fibrous raphe 

 into the coracoid process. Before the raphe reached the process it 

 gave origin to the long head of the biceps. In this way the long head 

 was protruded forward so as to cover the whole axillary artery in its 

 last two stages. When the arm was at right angles to the body, the 

 fibrous raphe pointed so as to bisect the angle formed by the arm and 

 side. 



(Signature of observer) C. IMPEY. 



Date of observation, November, 1903. 

 Sex, Female. 



Abnormal arrangement of branches of the abdominal aorta. 

 In this case there was no cceliac axis. The hepatic and splenic 

 arteries arose separately from the aorta while the gastric artery arose 

 from the hepatic. 



(Signature of observer) JAS. W. BARNETT. 



Date of observation, November, 1903. 

 Sex, Female. 



Abnormal hepatic artery. 



This artery arose 1 inch from the origin of the superior mesenteric 

 and at this stage was covered by the body of the pancreas. Immedi- 

 ately after its origin it gave off a small branch which ran downwards 

 and parallel to the superior mesenteric and supplied twigs to the 



