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THIS work is in two parts, which are of such different characters that they must be considered separately. The first is intended to include a short and complete summary of the main facts of the anatomy of Mammalia. This is a large undertaking, and one which a resident in Oxford has not full opportunities of completing; for the advantages in any place other than London, are not sufficient to enable any single student, however enthusiastic, to get familiar with many of the subjects discussed. There is a want of vividness and point in many of the statements, several of which are too inclusive. Referring to the lobulation of the kidneys, the seals and whales are mentioned as presenting it, but why are the ox, otter, and rhinoceros omitted? The peculiarity of the stomach of the chevrotain is not referred to, and all we can possibly infer as to that of the peccary or hippopotamus is that it is constricted into two or three portions, which is undoubtedly not enough. Half a page only is devoted to the peculiarities of the liver throughout the class, and that of man is called simple, while that of the Ruminants is included among the multifid. The spleen of the marsupials is stated erroneously to be bent or bilobed.
The Student's Manual of comparative Anatomy and Guide to Dissection.
Part I. (Mammalia). By G. H. Morrell (Longman and Co.)
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Our Book Shelf . Nature 8, 4 (1873). https://doi.org/10.1038/008004a0
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