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ME. F. E. BKDDARD OX THE 



[Nov. 17, 



considerably the longer; it measures 11 inches; it commences 

 3 inches before the right lobe and ends | inch behind it. The 

 right lobe, therefore, measures 7| inches. It is clear, therefore, 

 that the proportionate diiFerence also varies in the two species. 



Gall-hladder . — As I have been at some pains to make a careful 

 dissection of the complicated series of anastomosing tubes by 

 which the bile enters the gut, I venture to include in the present 

 communication a description of the same, which is illustrated by 

 the drawing (text-fig. 36) *. The two specimens which I have 

 examined differ slightly in the exact relations of the tubes of 



Text-fiij. 36. 



H.D. 



Gall-bladder of Oiphio'phagus hungarus. 



D., diverticulum ; G. B., gall-bladder ; H.D., hepatic duct of intestine ; 

 Int., intestine. 



the rete, but not so materially as to interfere with the genei'al 

 truth of the figure. The actual plexus is not very complex, but 

 the hepatic duct, as will be seen, enters into it. Ultimately five 



* The drawing was made from the injected gall-bladder, whicli I caused to be filled 

 with coloured selatine. 



