d)e WoxVa's 3tnatomifiit6 



ilium over the outer side of the hip 

 to the most prominent part of the tuber- 

 osity of the ischium. In health the top 

 of the great trochanter should just 

 touch this line in every stage of flexion 

 and extension of the joint, provided 

 there is neither abduction nor adduc- 

 tion. It crosses the center of the ace- 

 tabulum. 



Neubauer, Johann Ernst,— A German anat- 

 omist, born at Giessen in 1742; died at 

 Jena, 1777. An occasional branch of 

 the inferior thyroid artery is named for 

 this anatomist, — Neubauer's artery. 



Nuck, Anton. — A Dutch anatomist, born 

 in 1669; died in 1742 (Mayne). (Born 

 1650; died 1692. Baas). His name is 

 preserved in the canal of Nuck, a pro- 

 longation or diverticulum of the perito- 

 neum, which in females extends for 

 some distance down the inguinal canal. 

 He distinguished himself as a dentist, 

 oculist, and aurist; was first among the 

 Moderns to perform paracentesis of the 

 cornea, cauterization of the antitragus 

 for toothache ; also made artificial teeth 

 from the teeth of the hippopotamus, 

 and prohibited the extraction of teeth 

 in pregnant women. He was professor 

 of anatomy at Leyden. 



Nuhn, Anton. — A German anatomist, born 



at Heidelberg in 1814; died . The 



glands of Nuhn, — same as glands of 

 Blandin. He was professor of anat- 

 omy in the University of Heidelberg. 



Oehl, Eusebio. — An Italian anatomist and 

 physician, born at Lodi in 1877. Pro- 

 fessor of physiology in the University 



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