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Show 320 MR. F. E. BEDDARD ON Till: [Nov. 17, considerably the longer; it measures 11 inches; it commences 3 inches before the right lobe and ends | inch behind it. The right lobe, therefore, measures 7f inches. It is clear, therefore, that the proportionate difference also varies in the two species. Gall-bladder.-As I have been at some pains to make a careful dissection of the complicated series of anastomosing tubes by which the bile enters the gut, I venture to include in the present communication a description of the same, which is illustrated by the drawing (text-fig. 36)*. The two specimens which I have examined differ slightly in the exact relations of the tubes of Text-fig. 36. Gall-bladder of Ophiophagus hungarus. D., diverticulum ; G.B., gall-bladder ; H.D., hepatic duct of intestine; 1ST., intestine. the rete, but not so materially as to interfere with the general truth of the figure. The actual plexus is not very complex, but the hepatic duct, as will be seen, enters into it. Ultimately five * The drawing was made from the injected gall-bladder, which I caused to be filled with coloured gelatine. |