. On the anatomy of vertebrates. Vertebrates; Anatomy, Comparative; 1866. ELECTRIC ORGANS OF FISHES. 353 whicli tliey are situatea, fig. 233, /(. Tliese membranes are about half a line apart at their outer borders; but, as they pass from the skin towards their inner attachments, tliey approach one 233 I /. Vci'tical transverse section, Gi/^nnotnf, natural size. coXT. another. They are intersected transversely by more delicate vertical plates, extending from the skin to the median aponeu- rosis, and coextensive in length with the breadth of the septa between which they are placed. Hunter counte
. On the anatomy of vertebrates. Vertebrates; Anatomy, Comparative; 1866. ELECTRIC ORGANS OF FISHES. 353 whicli tliey are situatea, fig. 233, /(. Tliese membranes are about half a line apart at their outer borders; but, as they pass from the skin towards their inner attachments, tliey approach one 233 I /. Vci'tical transverse section, Gi/^nnotnf, natural size. coXT. another. They are intersected transversely by more delicate vertical plates, extending from the skin to the median aponeu- rosis, and coextensive in length with the breadth of the septa between which they are placed. Hunter counted about 240 of these plates in a single inch of length of the horizontal mem- brane.' He compares those stronger mcml:)ranes to the aponeu- rotic walls of the prisms of the Tor})edo, and the inter- secting delicate plates to the partitions of the prisms; and if we admit the analogy of these plates, and (.)f these of the Tor- pedo, to the plates of the voltaic pile, we perceive that, in the VOL. I. ' LXXX. A A. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Owen, Richard, 1804-1892; Cornell University. College of Veterinary Medicine. Flower-Sprecher Veterinary Library. fmo. London, Longmans, Green
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