THE

JOURNAL

OF

ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY

NORMAL AND PATHOLOGICAL.

CONDUCTED BY

G. M. HUMPHRY, M.D., F.R.S.,

PROFESSOR OF SURGERY, LATE PROFESSOR OF ANATOMY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE;

SIR WILLIAM TURNER, M.B., LL.D., F.R.S.,

PROFESSOR OF ANATOMY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH;

AND

J. G. M'KENDRICK, M.D., F.R.S.,

PROFESSOR OF THE INSTITUTES OF MEDICINE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW.

VOL. XXIV.

NEW SERIES.-VOLUME IV.

WITH TWENTY PLATES AND NUMEROUS WOODCUTS,

WILLIAMS AND NORGATE,

14 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON;
AND 20 SOUTH FREDERICK STREET, EDINBURGH.

1890.

CATALOGUED,

M.J.

5. 31. 1891.

CONTENTS.

FIRST PART-OCTOBER 1889.

THE PROAMNION AND AMNION IN THE CHICK. By THOMAS W. SHORE,

M.D., B.Sc., and J. W. PICKERING... (Plate

Two CASES OF VARIATION IN THE NERVE-SUPPLY OF THE FIRST LUM-

BRICAL MUSCLE IN THE HAND. By J. T. WILSON, M. B. Edin.........

OBSERVATIONS ON THE FUNCTION OF THE PROSTATE GLAND IN MAN AND
THE LOWER ANIMALS. By JOSEPH GRIFFITHS, M. B., C.M. Edin.

Part II. (Plates II., III.)

...........

THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN OF A YOUNG GORILLA. BY JOHNSON SYMINGTON,

M.D., F.R.S.E. (Plate IV.)..

FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON THE INNERVATION OF AXILLARY MUSCLES IN

MAN. By J. T. WILSON, M. B. Edin.

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27

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THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE THIRD TROCHANTER AND OF SIMILAR BONY

PROCESSES IN MAN. By Professor THOMAS DWIGHT, M.D., LL.D....... 61

SOME VASCULAR ANOMALIES OBSERVED DURING THE SESSION 1888-89. By

Professor FRANCIS J. SHEPHERD, M.D.

69

THE FLEXORS OF THE DIGITS OF THE HAND. I. THE MUSCULAR MASSES

IN THE FORE-ARM. By Professor BERTRAM C. A. WINDLE, M.A.,

M.D. Dubl.

THE GUSTATORY ORGANS OF Belideus ariel. By FREDERICK TUCKERMAN,

M.D. (Plate V.).........

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMPARATIVE OSTEOLOGY OF ARCTIC AND SUB-

ARCTIC WATER-BIRDS. By R. W. Shufeldt, M.D., C. M.Z.S. Part V.

(Plates VI., VII,, VIII.)...................................

THE PROPORTION OF BONE AND CARTILAGE IN THE LUMBAR SECTION OF

THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN OF THE APE AND SEVERAL RACES OF MEN.

By Professor D. J. CUNNINGHAM, M.D.

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89

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THE OCCASIONAL EIGHTH TRUE RIB IN MAN AND ITS RELATION TO RIGHT

HANDEDNESS. By Professor D. J. CUNNINGHAM, M.D..

FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TASTE-ORGANS OF

MAN. BY FREDERICK TUCKERMAN, M.D...

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