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various classes of beings. The digestive organs occupy the next 

 place; then follow the absorbent, circulating, respiratory, and 

 nervous systems, the organs of the senses ; and lastly, the connec- 

 tive and tegumentary systems. The second division includes the 

 series of organs devoted to the preservation of the species, show- 

 ing also the gradual development of the young. Attached to the 

 rails of both the galleries in this Museum are long glass cases, in 

 which are arranged such specimens, preserved in a dry state, 

 as serve to render the Physiological series more complete. In 

 these cases will be found a large collection of vascular prepa- 

 rations and wax models ; amongst the latter may be seen the 

 beautiful specimens of the entire anatomy of the Torpedo, dis- 

 sected and prepared by the celebrated Professor Calamai, of Flo- 

 rence, for the Grand Duke of Tuscany, by whom they were pre- 

 sented to Professor Owen, and by him to the College. 



Such is a brief outline of the arrangement of the subjects con- 

 tained in the two galleries of this magnificent room, numbering 

 now altogether upwards of seven thousand specimens, nearly five 

 thousand of which were collected and displayed by that extraor- 

 dinary man who will ever be regarded as the founder of the true 

 system of Comparative Physiology. 



