Afferent nerve endings in the ureter of man and dog

Ureters of Human and Dog were stained by the Sudan Black and silver impregnation methods. Whole lengths of ureters were taken and prepared serially from upper pelviureteric to the lower juxtavesical junction. In the adventitial layer of the lower 3cm of the human ureter a lamellated corpuscle similar to the classical Pacinian corpuscle was found using the Sudan Black method for I myelinated structures. In the submucosal region of the juxtavesical ureter encapsulated nerve endings and diffuse nerve endings were observed to be darkly stained by the silver impregnation method. These endings are regarded to serve as anatomical basis for pain apart from other modalities.

Estimation of Burmese stature from long bones

Long bones of upper limbs of nine Burmese males and eleven Burmese females were measured in the' humid' and' dry' states. Regression equations on femur, tibia, and fibula, humerus, radius and ulna were derived and the standard error of estinate calculated. Height againsf bone graphs were plotted and found to have a linear trend. The general formula of Dupertius & Hadden (1951) and Mongoloid formula of Trotter & GIeser (1958) were applied to Burmese long bones and compared with derived Burmese regression formulae applied to the same set of Burmese long bones. The Dupertius & Hadden and Trotter & Gleser formulae gave higher errors of estimate than the derived Burmese regression formula.