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The Stomach

July 14th, 2007 at 3:22 am » Comments (0)

The Stomach.  — the stomach is an irregular expansion of the gullit or aesophagus, and is the receptacle which receives the food when swallowed.  Its shape has been, not inaptly, likened to the Scotch bagpipe.  It will hold about 3 pints, though it is capable of considerable distension.  When moderately filled with food it measures [...]



The Olfactory Nerve & The Tongue

April 6th, 2007 at 5:32 pm » Comments (0)

This week I have uploaded a number of the pictures I’ve been promising for a couple weeks scanned. I will provide an administrative update about that soon after I do it, and I will go back and update hyperlinks in past articles directing to those images readers that find the articles and some date after [...]