. Sketches of the natural history of Ceylon; with narratives and anecdotes illustrative of the habits and instincts of the mammalia, birds, reptiles, fishes, insects, &c. including a monograph of the elephant ... Zoology; Elephants. 126 MAMMALIA. [Chap. m. ' Whilst Professor Owen was advancing this conjecture, another comparative anatomist, from the examination of another portion of the structure of the elephant, was led to a somewhat similar conclusion. Dr. Hakeison of Dublin had, in 1847, an opportunity of dissecting the body of an elephant which had suddenly died; and in the course of h
. Sketches of the natural history of Ceylon; with narratives and anecdotes illustrative of the habits and instincts of the mammalia, birds, reptiles, fishes, insects, &c. including a monograph of the elephant ... Zoology; Elephants. 126 MAMMALIA. [Chap. m. ' Whilst Professor Owen was advancing this conjecture, another comparative anatomist, from the examination of another portion of the structure of the elephant, was led to a somewhat similar conclusion. Dr. Hakeison of Dublin had, in 1847, an opportunity of dissecting the body of an elephant which had suddenly died; and in the course of his examination of the thoracic viscera, he observed that an unusually close connection existed between the trachea and oesophagus, which he found to depend on a muscle-unnoticed by any previous anatomist, connecting the back of the former with the forepart of the latter, along which the fibres descend and can be dis- tinctly traced to the cardiac orifice of the stomach. The Trwhea drawn over, bringing into Tiew ita posterior surface at the bl- furcatioa. Imperfectly acquainted with the habits and functions of the elephant in a state of nature, Dr. Haeeison found it difficult to pronounce as to the use of this very peculiar. 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 Tennent, James Emerson, Sir, 1804-1869. London, Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts
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