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Maturin addressing the Institut, a body of august scientists, philosophers and mathemeticians, in Paris on the Solitaire (The Surgeon's Mate, p. 156):

"Let us consider the intromittent organ of the raven." ...he considered the organ at length...rhythmically waving a mummified example as he did so."

In the Surgeon's Mate, p. 125, speaking of eminent French doctors, "...Corvisart on auscultation, that interesting probe, and the artifical anus..."