The Sun.
London, England, 1825-04-01 00:00:00

IMPORTANT ANA TOMICA L INVENTION.

PARIS, MARCH 27.—M. Outtoux, a physician,
has presented to the Academy of Sciences, a piece of artificial
anatomy, representing the body of a man according to its natu-
ral dimensions: The solidity of the material employed permits
the taking to pieces and putting' together again, all the various
pieces of mechanism in their very fullest details, and with sued
scientific accuracy, that a student.may, with a book of anatomy
in his hand, find out any trace into its most minute particti-
lars, and on every portion of the human' frame. Immediately
under the skin are exhibited the veinous syStem.,' and the su-
perficial coat of muscles. Each muscle :nay be separately de-
tached, and with it the vessels and nerves that run along its sur-
face, or go through it. The succeeding coats of mnscles, &c.
may, in like manner be detached and studied separately, or in
selection with the other organs of the system; until the student
at length arrives at the bare skeleton. A portion of the last coat
of muscles and of the vascularand nervous system; the separation
of which offered no advantage, remain' attached to the bones% in
the cavities are found all theorgans proper to them. The cranium
• may be opened, and the brain taken out. In this, by means of
a cut through its entiWmass, may be seen the minutiae of its
organization. The .eyO,'-iletached from its orbit,. may be •stu.
died apart. The muscles, the vessels, the nerves, and the
membranes of this delicate organ are represented with scrupu-
lous accuracy ; the transparent parts are imitated in glass.—
The organization of the throat may be examined by means of
this piece of mechanism with greater precision than on a natural
subject. In the thoracic cavity is seen the heart; and vessels
that branch off from it, and which may be followed to their
remotest ramification. One portion of the lungs is divided
in two, in order to exhibit the pulmonary circulation. In
the atitiothinal cavity, separated front the 'preceding.- by the
diaphragm, are found an exact representation 'of the viscera.
—On removing .the intestinal mass, the' veins, the. spleen,
'the liver, &c. are disclosed to view. Tile preparation of
the organs contained in the cavity of Abe ,is par-
ticularly worthy of attention. The romoval of all these
parts leaves open to inspection the azigos, the thoracic canal,
and the grand lymphatic •nerve attached .to the vertebral ;Ca-
halm. This, piece of mechanical anatomy has, -,ovet all other
representations of.the Inman system,: great adNantages. Econt
the solidity of its materials, it can be. taken to pieces,. Awl
handled and examined in its minutest details; without suffering
any injury ; it is tint liable to be influenced bythe variation's in
the temperature ofithe atmosphere; besides its .offeringabe stu-
dent the greatest possible facility the the exacoihatiOn of :even
the remotest part of the body, not onlyin:. relation with the
whole, but separately it is the least expensive. succedaneum fur
the human subject that has been yet discovered. The priee
setupon'this,very•ingenious and eminently useful ',piece of rue-
chanichism is 34000 francs. Now it is well known that .thewax
figureof a man, in the natural proportions; exhibiting merely
the outward coat of muscles (the; skirt being taken ofT), Icanisot
• be had for a. less sum than between 30 and 40,000 franes. Vie
Acadany of Sciences has "named .a,.qoairnission to draw. up
a report upon this invention Of 31. Ouroux. The Royal. Aca-
demy- of Medicine, and the Society of Emulation, have already
made such favourable reports upon M. Ottroux's first essays, in
this' way, asp to sechre to him. the countenance and encourAge-
ment of Government.

CURIOUS'FAcT.—A Short time ..since was per-
formed' by• a select. party froM the Lingfield Crowhurst
choir, in the cavityof a yew-tree, in the latter 'church-yard, se-
veral select pieces..from Handel's • Messiah, viz. the Overture.
" Comfort ye- my.- PeOplc," 'and the chorus -following,. and
finished -with the Hallelujah chorus. The Mitt tree is 30 feet
in eircumfe,icnce, and is now-in a growing state. The intetior
was fitted .up as a mom, and was sufficiently large.: to contain
the performers: The company, which were nurnerousc! were
highly. gratified with the performance, it being of so novel a
nature • at the conclusion, they retired to:the..Star..inoi,
field, Where the evening was spent in the greatest conviviality,
attended by. the Catch and Wee Club. On clearing out the in-
terior Of the above tree, • seme years 'siriee, -was discovered -a 71b.
cannonAiall, which no• doubt' had been fired -into it, it being
obliged to be cut from the Solid-part of the tree.

PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, THURSDAY, MARCTI 31.

Prayers were read by the ishop of CHESTER, nt 10 o'clock;
after which, the lAORD CHANCELLOR proceeded with Appeals
—The Peers present being the Duke of Athol, the Earl of
Courtown, and Lord Ellenborough.

the appeal of " Godfrey v. Parkhurst," from •the Court of
Exchequer, was to-day heard out, but judgment was deferred to
ariether day.