The elephants : die Rüssel-Tiere, Proboscidea, Sslonn(u) : (a zoological mnemonic) / by Richard John Anderson.

  • Anderson, Richard John, 1848-1914.
Date:
1895
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The elephants : die Rüssel-Tiere, Proboscidea, Sslonn(u) : (a zoological mnemonic) / by Richard John Anderson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Elephants heart it may be said Is always near the mouth or head, [This is not why they neighbours serve, Nor does it prove a want of nerve.] In man, comparing breadth with length, Similar reasoning gains strength. And is of these two thoughts the fount. Late dinners and a bank account; That width of wisdom is the teller Has been held proved since Mr Weller. Back vertebrae here reach a score, The lumbar three and sacral four. Tail vertebrae are thirty-one, In these the Chevron-bones are none. Masto-humeral muscles go From skull above to arms below. At shoulders you the tendons find Which Deltoid to Trapezius bind. Of Clavicle there is no trace— This tendon is found in its place. Small Pect'ral, which the parts disclose, To Supraspinous Fascia goes. Biceps has got no Coracoid head, Dors, epitroch is present said. You'd not know Pronator Teres In place of flesh a Tendon here is. There is a httle flesh below, But chiefly tendon here does show. The Eadial Carpal Flexor here Is fibrous yellow tissue clear. Eadio Carpus is to seek— Always present, never weak. Sterno-Maxillaris marches From breast to jaw zygom-arches. The tusks are great incisor teeth— Two above and none beneath. They start from Premaxilla bold,