(E\)t ^orltJ'fii ^Inatomifiitfi; 



He rendered excellent service in in- 

 creasing our knowledge of the malleus 

 and the membranous labyrinth. The 

 processus gracilis of the malleus is 

 named for him, — processus Ravii. 

 Emerging from the cottage of the poor, 

 he became first a barber and in this 

 capacity travelled about extensively. 

 Finally he was appointed professor of 

 anatomy and surgery in Leyden, where 

 he improved the methods of instruction 

 by the introduction of practical exer- 

 cises in operating upon the cadaver. He 

 was famous as a lithotomist. 



Recklinghausen, Friedrich Daniel von A 



German physiologist and histologist, 



born 1833; died . The minute 



canals supposed by Recklinghausen to 

 exist in all connective tissue, and to 

 form the beginnings of the lymphatic 

 vessels, are termed the canals of 

 Recklinghausen. 



Reil, Johann Christian. — A German phy- 

 sician, born at Rhaude, in East Fries- 

 land, in 1759; died 1813. He is best 

 known in anatomical studies by the 

 island of Reil, in the cerebrum, which 

 was named for him. He was a profes- 

 sor at Halle. 



Remak, Robert. — A German physician, 

 born 1815; died 1867 (Mayne), 1865 

 (Baas). His name is associated with the 

 gray, or gelatinous nerve-fibres, so 

 abundant in the sympathetic system, 

 and to a less extent in the cerebro- 

 spinal system, — fibres of Remak. He 

 was noted for his studies in electro- 

 therapeutics. 



