A new kind of sense organ has been discovered in fishes. T!ic portion of the brain of vertebrates which bears on its upper side the curious pineal body /representing what was once ail eye on the top of the head) also carries on its lower sido an appimdago called the infmidibulum. In fishes the infundibluin is prolonged backwards into an outgrowth termed the iuccus vasculosu?, which hn.s now been shown tn be a sensory organ of a peculiar kind. Its function jprieara to.be that of lestinc the amount of ojyfe'en dissolved ji> th,e . ;rater. ' '
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1388, 14 March 1912, Page 6
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94Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1388, 14 March 1912, Page 6
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