55o DESCRIPTION OF THE MUSEUM. 



The five rooms we have been inspecting con- 

 tain all that relates to osteology, and may be con- 

 sidered as the first part of the collection. The 

 second part, although it occupies a smaller space, 

 is not less interesting nor less numerous than the 

 first. 



The sixth room is devoted to myology. In the 

 centre is a cast of the human body deprived of 

 the skin, and on which the muscles are painted 

 of their natural colour. The cases on one side 

 contain small flayed figures in wax of human 

 arms and legs : on the other are two small sta- 

 tues of horses and the limbs of many quadrupeds, 

 and in the remaining cases the dissected muscles 

 of several animals preserved in spirits. Here 

 we may study the myology of all the mammalia, 

 and that of the birds, reptiles, and fishes. 



The seventh room contains the organs of sen- 

 sation : the larynx and trachea of birds are also 

 seen on the tables of this room. The cases 

 contain a quantity of flagons, in which are pre- 

 served in spirits a series of brains and eyes, which 

 for the most part are dissected ; also the bones 

 of the ear of all the animals from man to the rep- 

 tiles and fishes. We also see here well prepared 

 specimens of skins, furs, feathers, scales, nails, 

 and hoofs; others of the tongue, nostrils, and 

 different preparations of the nervous system ; 



