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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![Measurements of the red corpuscles of the blood gave an average diameter of yXff ot’ an inch> or about tlie same as those of the Brocket'Deer (Cervus nemorivagus), and considerably larger than those of any Tragulus yet examined* *. The heart and origin of the great arteries, two thirds natural size. li B, right brachial; Tt V, right vertebral; B C, right carotid ; L C, left carotid ; L V, left vertebral; L B, left brachial. Abdominal and Pelvic Viscera. The dissection of the abdominal viscera was somewhat interfered with by the extensive peritonitis which had prevailed shortly before death, all the intestines being glued together by effusion of lymph. On opening the cavity the liver was found to be entirely concealed continues for a shorter distance before it bifurcates into the carotids. The ver- tebrals are given off from the brachials before the internal mammary. The arrangement, therefore, is the same in principle as in the Musk. * See Ct. Gulliver, “ On the size of the Red Corpuscles of the Blood of Moschus. Tragulus, &o.,” 1>. Z. S. 1870, p. 02. [9]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22455310_0011.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
