Summary of Current Researches Relating to Zoology and Botany (principally Invertebrata and Cryptogamia), MICROSCOPY, &c., INCLUDING ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM FELLOWS AM) OTHERS.*

1889 Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society  
The Society are not intended to be deriotcd by tlie editorial "we," ~n d they do not hold themselves responsible for the views of the nutliors of the papers noted, nor for any claim to novelty or otherwise made by them. The object of this part of the Journrrl is to present a snmmnry of the papers as actudl!/ pi~biisi~ed, and to describe and illustrate Instruments, Apparatus, &c., which arc either new or have not been previously described in this country. t This section includes not only papers
more » ... elating to Embryology properly so called, but also those dealing with Evolution, Development, and Repro[Inction, and allied subjects. f Jourti. of Pliysiol., x. (1889) pp. 153-211 ( 5 pls.). Study of a Human Embryo.?-Dr. C. Phisalix bas had the opportunity of making a study of a human embryo, 10 mm. long. He has discovered a certain number of new facts with regard to the cranial nerves and the central nervous systcm, the arrangement of the valves and septa of the heart, the origin of the pancreas and the WolEan body. Additions and corrections have been made to many of the statements of *
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