Notes on animal mechanics / by Samuel Haughton. No. VII., On the muscular anatomy of the Macacus nemestrinus.

  • Haughton, Samuel.
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[1865]
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Credit: Notes on animal mechanics / by Samuel Haughton. No. VII., On the muscular anatomy of the Macacus nemestrinus. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NOTES ON ANIMAL MECHANICS. BY THE REV. SAMUEL HAUGHTON, M. D., FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGK, DUBLIN. [Read before the Royal Irish Academy, June 26, 1865.] No. VII.—On the Mttsculah Anatomy op the Macacus nemesteintts. The first monkey wMcii I shall describe in this Note was a very fine specimen of Macacus nemestrinus, which died, after a short iUness, in January of the present year, of tubercular disease afi'ecting the liver, spleen, and other organs. He had previously suffered from rheumatic arthritis of both knee joints, which had destroyed the anterior surfaces of the outer condyles of the femur, and so caused dislocation of both pateUas outwards. On examination after death, the following observations were made:— 1. Lungs ; both filled with miliary tubercle. 2. Heart; exhibited two specks of tubercle, similar to those met with in the lungs. 3. Liver; divided into five lobes, of which four were filled with tu- bercular nodules, and the fifth was wholly converted into a cheesy tuberculous mass. 4. Spleen ; contained several large nodules of softened tubercle. 5. Glands ; ofmesentciy, united into one tubercular mass; of thoracic spinal region, somewhat affected; of lumbar region, licaltliy. Weight of dead body, 26 lbs.