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ing in the roof, or posterior wall, of the 

 fourth ventricle., just above the level of 

 the point vrhere the central canal of the 

 cord opens out into the ventricle, is 

 named foramen of ]Magendie for him. 

 Sometimes it is spelled Majendie. He 

 is better known by a solution of mor- 

 phia — Magendie's solution, — 16 grains of 

 sulphate of morphia in an ounce of 

 water. 

 Malacarne, Michele Vincenzo Giacinto. — 

 An Italian anatomist and physician, 

 born in 1744; died at Padua, in 1816. 

 He was professor at Pavia, Padua, and 

 Turin. He wrote a systematic treatise 

 upon the tissues of the bodj^ and some 

 chirurgico-anatomical works. The hind- 

 er end of the pyramid of the cerebellum 

 is named for this anatomist, — Mala- 

 carne's pyramid. 



Malpighi, Marcello. — An Italian anatomist 

 and microscopist, born at Crevalcuore, 

 near Bologna, 1628; died in Rome, 

 1694. Malpighi was the first to de- 

 scribe the minute structure of the kid- 

 ney, and recorded the arrangement of 

 the pyramids, bodies, capsules and 

 tufts. He noticed that the pyramids 

 Vv-ere composed of minute tubes, but at 

 a later date Bellini gave them the name 

 of uriniferous tubes. In the spleen his 

 name is associated with the bodies of 

 that organ. He deserves all the credit 

 of the discovery of the cutaneous mem- 

 brane which bears his name — rete 

 Malpighii, — as well as the further credit 

 of detecting that the external color of 

 the different races of men is not due to 

 any difference of color in the blood 



