XVII. Variations in human myology observed during the winter session of 1867-68 at King’s College, London

Abstract

On giving the results of our observations in this branch of scientific inquiry, my thanks are again due to the zeal and increased experience of my assistants in the dissecting-rooms, and especially to Mr. J. B. Perrin, by whose constant labour and vigilance my work has been most materially aided. Of the 36 subjects dissected, not one has been found totally wanting in departures from the standard descriptions of the muscular system given in anatomical text-books. Some of the more common variations, which are usually mentioned by our best authors, have been included this year with a view of determining their relative frequency. Others have been comprised which seem to show the first evidences of a tendency to the more complete and striking abnormal forms. These I have deemed of much importance in throwing light upon the origin of the more complete variations. Many of them have been found so often as materially to add to the total number of abnormalities in the Table, and also to the labour of searching out and classifying them.