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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I WISH to express my deep gratitude to Professor Angelo Bairati, Head of the Institute of Human Anatomy of the University of Milan, who introduced me to the study of the submicroscopic structure of the inner ear and has since continued to give me his most valuable guidance. I am also indebted to Professor Ennio Pannese, who read critically some of the chapters giving me much constructive advice, and to Professor Baccio Baccetti for some valuable suggestions on problems of comparative anatomy of the inner ear. To Professor Imrich Friedmann my grateful thanks are due for having carefully read and corrected the manuscript. Special thanks are due to Miss Anna Bertolasi and Miss Oslavia Bresciani for their drawings, which are the result of patience and artistic feeling, as well as to Dr. Janinka Karlsbad, who has taken care of the English style of my text. Finally, I am deeply grateful to my Mother who, for several months, has included the typing of the manuscript in her daily routine. Milan April 1965 x