On the brain of a young chimpanzee / by John Marshall.

  • Marshall, John, 1818-1891.
Date:
1861
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Credit: On the brain of a young chimpanzee / by John Marshall. 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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    L EEPKINTED FEOM THE NATUEAL HISTOKY REVIEW. July, 1861. Chiaipauzee. By John Marshall, I.K.8.; burgeon to the University CoUege Hospital, London. Tm Chimpanzee, whose brain is described in the ensuing pages, came into _my possession within twenty-eight hours of its death; and the crami^ havnig been opened without delay, and the brain placed immediately in strong spirits, the state of preservation of this or^^an is very perfect. t? ^ ^ “ exceUent condition, and appa- were nearly as long as the palm; the toes were not webbed at their base. The distance from the vertex to the chm was 6j mches ; from the vertex to the auditory meatus, 2^ inch^^ the circi^ereime of the cranium, just above the ears, wS 14^ inches • the length of the ears, which strihingly projected away from the sides of the head, was 2^ inches. The temporary teeth wer7aU wct??oosT''U^the ^ much worn, but not wen the incisors ^ ^ permanent molar was well covS on%1irr,Vhf partially coier^ on the right: the corresponding teeth of the upper iaw Worth' tS ‘’J®,g““ : ?» aat, whatever the’&ct may parisOT wS, “f erupbon of the upper teeth in eom^ Sal TT.O .« observed in man, obtained in this St hard The Mo? bnUiant b^k, and the colour of the iris a 8 ol avoirdupok^ * ™ Weights ^ the Encephalon and its parts. Tiie entire brain in clouding a portion of the medulla and cord, extending X5. inch below the pons, together with the pia mater and cerebraf lirUnoid, bul See P. Z, S. 1860, p. 42, pi. Jxxv. B