A veterinary dissection guide

PART I The Joints, Muscles, and Viscera of tlie Horse

BY

SEPTIMUS SISSON, S. B., V. S.

Professor of Comparative Anatomy in the Oiiio State University.

Author of "A Text-Book of Veterinary Anatomy."

Columbus, Ohio 1911

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Preface

This guide was prepared primarily for the use of students in the College of Veterinary Medicine of this University, and has been used with satisfactory results in the anatomical laboratory in the form of mimeograph sheets. It is now printed in response to the desire of several teachers, and in the hope that it may economize the time and energy of instructors and students, and conduce to orderly and thorough work in the dissecting room.

It is perhaps hardly necessary to say that this manual is in no way designed to take the place of descriptive texts and atlases,* but attempts to state briefly and in orderly sequence the steps necessary to be taken to deal intelligently with the material under consideration. It is the belief of the writer, based on extensive experience, that the manipulations herein recommended will be found practicable and effective. It seemed desirable to interleave the guide with blank pages, on which notes and sketches might be made.

The author is indebted to his associate, Dr. F. A. Lambert, for assistance and suggestions.

Septimus Sisson.

The Ohio State University, September, 1911.

*The nomenclature used in this guide corresponds to that of the Author's- " Text Book of Veterinary Anatomy," published by Messrs. W. B. Saunders Co., 925 Walnut Street, Philadelphia; and the marginal numbers refer to figures in that text.