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division of the sympathetic. One of his 

 remarks is worth quoting: "If I 

 wished to express my feeling" oT^tte 

 science of life, I should say it is J a. 

 noble salon, glowing with light, to^.-^fch 

 on^ can only go by passing through a 

 great and disgusting l^hen." In 1885 

 a monument to Bernard's memory was 

 erected in the University of Paris. A 

 supplementary duct of the pancreas is 

 named for him, — Bernard's canal. It 

 is also named Santorini's canal. 



Bertin, Exupere Joseph. — A French anat- 

 omist of Tremblay, born 1712; died 

 1781. He wrote on osteology, and the 

 organs of the voice. The sphenoidal 

 turbinated bones, the prolongations 

 inward of the cortical substance of 

 the kidney between the pyramids and 

 the ilio-femoral ligament, are named 

 for him. 



Bichat, Marie Francois Xavier. — A 

 French anatomist, born at Thoirette, 

 in 1771 ; died 1802. The transverse or 

 great horizontal fissure of the cerebrum, 

 also the inner coat of blood-vessels — 

 tunic of Bichat, — help to preserve his 

 name. Bichat founded general anat- 

 om}'. In the short span of life allotted 

 to him — 31 years — he contributed to 

 medical science nine volumes. It is 

 stated that in one winter he examined 

 seven hundred bodies. 



Bigelow, Henry Jacob. — An American sur- 

 geon, born 1818; died 1890. In his 

 work on " The Hip," Dr. Bigelow called 

 special attention to the part played by 

 the ilio-femoral ligament in dislocation 

 of the hip, and this tissue has since 



