. Tri-State medical journal . is the external sphincter; M. is the .mucous surface liningthe cavity; H. H. is a band, or series of little per-pendicular projections or ridges, each about a cen-timeter long. They are called the columns ofMorgagni and they are the seat of part of the spe-cial tactile sense of the rectum. The grooves be-tween the columns terminate below in littlepouches called sacculi Horneri, from the old ana-tomist, Horner, who first described them. Thegrooves and pouches contain a reserve of tenaciousmucus intended to lubricate the descending mass offeces. The Orificial Surgeo
. Tri-State medical journal . is the external sphincter; M. is the .mucous surface liningthe cavity; H. H. is a band, or series of little per-pendicular projections or ridges, each about a cen-timeter long. They are called the columns ofMorgagni and they are the seat of part of the spe-cial tactile sense of the rectum. The grooves be-tween the columns terminate below in littlepouches called sacculi Horneri, from the old ana-tomist, Horner, who first described them. Thegrooves and pouches contain a reserve of tenaciousmucus intended to lubricate the descending mass offeces. The Orificial Surgeons have claimedthese natural pouches as a new discovery and callthem lesions, which possess a horrible reflexpower, causing almost all the diseases of the body,from the brain to the muscles. They cure themby the American Operation, or sometimes bymerely splitting them down on a blunt hook. Just below the columns of Morgagni are abouteight small papillae surrounding the rectum justabove the verge of the anus. Each one has an. Fig. 2. M.—Mucous membrane above the H.—Colums of Morgagni. D. D.~Internal sphincter. E. E.—External sphincter. S. S. of junction of the in-ternal and external called Hiltons white line,or the junction of the mucouimembrane with the skin. Original Articles. 333 artery and a nerve, and under its base is a little ganglionic enlargement ofthe nerve. They are important tactile organs connected with the specialrectal sense. S. S. S.—The junction of the mucous membrane with the skin is calledHiltons white line, though it is not often distinctly white. It marks thelower line of incision in Whiteheads Operation, and is the line or ring ofconnective tissue separating the external from the internal sphincter. I have entered into a very extended correspondence with eminent menboth in Europe and America to gather facts as to the results of the White-head Operation, and the American Operation, which as before statedis essen
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