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mical Museum of the Owens College was formed under his direct 
supervision. As a lecturer, Dr Watson was lucid and always 
practical. Alike by his own work, and by the generous encourage- 
ment he readily gave to others, he fostered a spirit for original 
investigation in the Anatomical School of the Owens College with 
such success, that it now occupies a prominent position amongst the 
English schools as one of the few in which, not only is human 
anatomy efficiently taught, but in which good work is also done in 
the wider field of animal morphology. It is to he hoped that in 
this respect the influence of Dr Watson’s work will continue to 
exercise its power for good over the future of the anatomical depart- 
ment of the Medical School at Manchester. 
Of Dr Watson’s own additions to scientific anatomy, undoubtedly 
the most complete is the able and comprehensive contribution to 
the reports of H.M.S. “Challenger” (vol. vii., Zoology) — “On the 
Anatomy of the Spheniscidse.” An important memoir, “ On the 
Anatomy of the Northern Beluga ( Deljoliinapterus Leucas) com- 
pared with that of other Whales,” of which he was joint author, 
appeared in the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 
(vol. xxix.). A more recent paper by Dr Watson, “ On the Female 
Organs and Placentation of the Raccoon,” was communicated to the 
Royal Society of London (1881). The results of many of his 
investigations were communicated to the Zoological Society of 
London, — notably a series of interesting papers, “ On the Anatomy 
of Hycena crocuta ” (1877-81); “On the Anatomy of Chlamydo- 
phorous Truncatus ” (1879); “On the Muscular Anatomy of Pro- 
teles ” (1882) ; and “On the Anatomy of the Indian Elephant” 
(1881-83). To the Journal of Anatomy and Physiology Dr Watson 
contributed articles, “ On the Mechanism of Perching in Birds ” 
(1869), which constituted part of a graduation thesis for which a 
gold medal was given ; on “ The Termination of the Thoracic Duct 
on the Right Side” (1872); “Notes on a Remarkable Case of 
Pharyngeal Diverticulum ” (1874); on “A Case of Double Aortic 
Arch” (1877); on “The Homology of the Sexual Organs, illus- 
trated by Comparative Anatomy and Pathology” (1879); on “The 
Curvatores Coccygis Muscle in Man ” (1880) ; and a series of “ Con- 
tributions to the Anatomy of the Indian Elephant” (1871-73). Dr 
Watson’s remaining writings include papers on “The Anatomy of 
