Cbe Wavirs ^tnatomifitg 



For several years professor of histology 

 in the Royal Medico-Chirurgical Insti- 

 tute. About fifteen years ago, he re- 

 signed his position, and since then he 

 has devoted his time to scientific re- 

 searches. In i875-'76, he published, to- 

 gether with his colleague, Ernst Axel 

 Henrik Key, a work in two folio vol- 

 umes, entitled "Studien in der Anatomie 

 des Nervensystems und des Bindege- 

 wehes." This work is said to 4iave cost 

 him 40,000 kronor (about $11,000). In 

 i88i-'84, he wrote another large work in 

 German, "Das Gehororgan der Wirbel- 

 thiere" (2 folio volumes). He is also 

 widely known and quoted as an author- 

 ity in anthropology. Two foramina at 

 the extremities of the lateral recesses of 

 the fourth ventricle, behind the upper 

 roots of the nervus glossopharyngeus, 

 connect the cisterna magna with the 

 fourth ventricle. These are known as 

 the foramina of Key and Retzius. 



