A manual of anatomy for senior students

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ANATOMY

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MANUAL OF ANATOMY

Preface

WHEN about to vacate the Chair of Anatomy which, for twelve years, I had occupied in the Medical School of St. Mary's Hospital, I desired to leave some permanent record of my work which might prove of interest and assistance to Senior Students.

Having always found it impracticable to draw a hard-and-fast line between facts which bear upon the Science of Medicine and those which chiefly concern the Practical Surgeon, I, a surgeon, have presumed in this MANUAL boldly to trespass upon the domains of the Physician, as well as of the Specialist.

Most of the ground has, I am aware, been already covered, especially as regards so-called Surgical Anatomy. But the entire range of Anatomy has not hitherto, I think, been treated from the point of view of the Senior Student, who, having quitted the dissecting-room, is in need of a volume which shall supply him with such anatomical information, free of wearying detail, as is essential for his successful and intelligent work in the Medical and Surgical Wards, and in the Special Departments of his Hospital.

The books to which I have chiefly referred in writing this MANUAL are those of Sibson, Tyler Smith, Ferrier, Gowers, and Ranney : Holmes, Ch. Heath, and Juler ; Richet, Hilton, Holden, Quain, Gray, Tillaux, Treves, and Bellamy.

As regards the illustrations, Messrs. Longman have kindly arranged for my making use of many well-known blocks ; others have been viii A Manual of Anatomy

obtained from private sources which are duly noted, and, lastly, some have been specially prepared for me.

Though the reader will not find his attention distracted by footnotes, he will constantly meet with figures placed parenthetically in the text, thus : (p. 67). They direct him to pages whence side-lights are thrown upon the subject under consideration. It is by no means necessary that he should always use them ; but it is thought that their insertion may save him time in referring to the index, and induce him to make his knowledge of the part the more thorough.

For much kind help in seeing the proofs through the press, my warm thanks are due to Mr. J. Arthur Kempe, Demonstrator of Anatomy at Queen's College, Birmingham.

LONDON : February 1890.

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