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in connection with the nerves of the 

 skin, are named for him, — Merkel's 

 ganglia. 

 Mery, Jean — A French surgeon, born at 

 Vatan in 1645; died at Paris, 1722. 

 Mery's glands are synonymous with 

 Cowper's glands. 



Meynert, Theodore.— An Austrian physi- 

 cian, born 1833. Several anatomical 

 parts in the brain are named for this 

 person, — as Meynert's ammon's-horn 

 formation, the third layer of the cortex 

 cerebri, etc. 



Mohrenheim, Baron Joseph Jacob Freiherr 

 von. — An Austrian gynecologist and 

 surgeon, born — ; died 1799. Moh- 

 renheim's fossa, or space, is named for 

 him, — infraclavicular fossa. He prac- 

 ticed first in Vienna, and was subse- 

 quently professor of surgery at St. 

 Petersburg, where he died. He was or- 

 dinary physician of Catherine U, and 

 obstetrician to the Grand Duchess. He 

 was also distinguished as an oculist. 



Moll, Jacob Antonius. — A Dutch histolo- 

 gist, born — ; died — . The glands 

 of Moll, found in the eyelids, are named 

 for him. 



Monro, Alexander.— A Scotch anatomist, 

 born in London in 1697; died 1767. A 

 communication between the lateral and 

 third ventricles — foramen of Monro — 

 is named for this anatomist. This fora- 

 men had been previously described by 

 Vieussens. A slight depression on the 

 wall of the third ventricle is named the 

 sulcus of Monro. He was known as 

 Monro primus ; his son, Alexander Mon- 



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