Manual of the dissection of the human body

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Preface

TO

THE FIFTH EDITION.

In this edition the Editor has most carefully revised the entire work. The order of dissection has been here and there altered, and further illustrations and additional matter introduced, especially concerning the Anatomy of the Nervous System and the Organs of Special Sense.

The object throughout has been to be as concise as possible, and to put the subject in as clear and practical a light as is compatible with the faithful handling of its natural difficulties.

It is hoped that the work, in its present form, is adapted, not only for students, but for members of the profession who wish to refresh their anatomical knowledge.

The best thanks of the Editor are due to the Demonstrators and Assistant Demonstrators of Anatomy at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital for valuable suggestions.

2 Harley Street, Cavendish Square : September 1884.

PREFACE

TO

THE FIRST EDITION.

If any apology be needed for the appearance of the present Manual, it may be stated, without any wish to disparage the labours of others, that the works of this kind hitherto published seem to the Author open to one or the other of two objections; — either as being too systematic, and therefore not adapted for the dissecting-room, or as obscuring the more important features of Anatomy by a multiplicity of minute and variable details.

In endeavouring to supply a presumed deficiency, the Author has made it his special aim to direct the attention of the student to the prominent facts of Anatomy, and to teach him the groundwork of the science ; to trace the connection, and to point out the relative situation of parts, without perplexing him with minute descriptions.

A concise and accurate account is given of all the parts of the human body — the bones excepted, of which a competent knowledge is presupposed — and directions are laid down for the best method of dissecting it.

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Preface To The First Edition

The several regions of the body are treated of in the order considered most suitable for their examination ; and the muscles, vessels, nerves, &c. are described, as they are successively exposed to view in the process of dissection.

The Author has written the work entirely from actual observation : at the same time no available sources of information have been neglected, the highest authorities both English and Foreign having been carefully consulted. His acknowledgments are especially due to F. C. Skey, Esq. F.R.S., Lecturer on Anatomy at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, for many valuable suggestions. He is also much indebted to his young friend, Mr. W. Clibbe, for able assistance in dissections.

September 1851.