d)e Woxiii'6 Slnatomifitfii 



Huschke, Emil.— A German anatomist, 

 born at Weimar in 1797; died at Jena 

 in 1858. The foramen of Huschke is 

 named for him ; also the valve of mu- 

 cous membrane situated at the point 

 where the common canal formed by the 

 canaliculi enters the lachrymal sac. 



Ingrassias, Giovanni Filippo. — An Italian 

 physician and anatomist, born at Re- 

 calbuto, near Palermo, in 1510; died at 

 Palermo in 1580. The lesser wings of 

 the sphenoid bone are termed the pro- 

 cesses of Ingrassias. He was called the 

 Sicilian Hippocrates, and was the first 

 physician who described scarlet fever. 

 He was a professor at Naples, and the 

 most accurate osteologist of his age, 

 and one of the best myologists. 



Jacob, Arthur. — An Irish physician and 

 ophthalmic surgeon, born 1790; died 

 1874. The layer of rods and cones of 

 the retina is termed Jacob's membrane. 



Jacobson, Ludvig Levin. — A Danish anat- 

 omist, born 1783; died 1843. His name 

 is associated with a number of anatom- 

 ical structures, and is best preserved 

 in Jacobson's nerve, — the tympanic 

 branch of the glosso-pharyngeal nerve. 



Kerckring, Theodorus — A Dutch anato- 

 mist, born in Hamburg in 1640, where 

 he died in 1693. The valvulse conniven- 

 tes are known as the valves of Kerck- 

 ring. 



Key, Ernst Axel Henrik. — A Swedish phy- 

 sician, born in 1832; died 1901. Two 

 foramina at the extremities of the lat- 

 eral recesses of fourth ventricle, behind 

 the upper roots of the glossopharyngeal 

 nerves, connect the cisterna magna with 



