On the structure and affinities of the musk-deer (Moschus mosciferus, Linn.) / by William Henry Flower.
- William Henry Flower
- Date:
- 1875
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: On the structure and affinities of the musk-deer (Moschus mosciferus, Linn.) / by William Henry Flower. 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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![are extremely shallow ; they, as well as the intermediate spaces, are thinly beset with small sharp-poiuted papillae. The psalterium (P) is externally 1 •) long and l wide, of the usual flattened oval or, more properly, kidney-shaped form. It contains within (fig. 8) nineteen deep crescentic lamellae, symmetrically The interior of the psalterium, longitudinally opened along the anterior surface, natural size. A, the opening from the oesophagus; B, the orifice leading to the abomasus. arranged, the largest, or those at the centre of the free convex border of the cavity, \ an inch in height, their free edges all projecting equally, and, unlike those of Ruminants generally, without any inter- mediate shorter lamellae. The lateral surfaces and edges of the lamellae are thinly covered with small conical tubercles; but the bottom of each interspace is quite bare. This cavity communicates with the next by a distinct circular orifice 43 in diameter*. The abomasus (figs. 6 & 7 A) is of quite the usual form. Its lining membrane presents parallel, narrow, but much elevated, longi- * The description of the psalterium of the Musk-Deer by Pallas differs so much from the one given above, that I think it is desirable to insert it here, that the attention of future observers may be directed to the subject. “ Psalterium reniforme, chymo sicco suffertum et durum in omnibus inveni. Intus foliatum est, lamellis totius cavi fere latitudinem occupantibus, lunatis, 23 ad 25, prater accessorias plicas exiguas. Lamina; omnes duriuscuhc, punctis acutissimis utrinque scabrre, ut triturantes diceres, solis oornibus extremis glabra': caterum confertim parallel®, chymo sicco incrustata. Tnter inajores laminas ruga intercalates, vel lamellula accessoria angustiores.*’ [12]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22455310_0014.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
