. Transactions. 362 will note, is a wet alcoholic preparation of the left adulttemporal bone, with the filaments of the nerve in nerve, which is colored black for photographic pur-poses, is exposed from the point of its entrance in thecavity of the tympanum. It takes the usual course be-tween the foramen ovale and the external semi-circularcanal, where it bends downward and slightly backward atits proper level for 2 mm., when it turns outward andpursues a straight course, traversing in an ol)lique direc-tion the posterior wall close to the mastoid cells to itspoint of exit, w


. Transactions. 362 will note, is a wet alcoholic preparation of the left adulttemporal bone, with the filaments of the nerve in nerve, which is colored black for photographic pur-poses, is exposed from the point of its entrance in thecavity of the tympanum. It takes the usual course be-tween the foramen ovale and the external semi-circularcanal, where it bends downward and slightly backward atits proper level for 2 mm., when it turns outward andpursues a straight course, traversing in an ol)lique direc-tion the posterior wall close to the mastoid cells to itspoint of exit, which is one centimetre external to a rudi-mentary canal, indicated by a small sulcus between thestyloid process and the mastoid process, in which is stick-ing the pin. You will notice further by viewing the sec- AN ANOMALY IN THE COURSE OF THE FACIAL NERVE. 8(53 tion of the bone containing the nerve, tluit for a space of8 nun. the nerve is a centimetre external to its usualcourse. In short, the nerve, from where it leaves th


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