EDITOR'S PREFACE TO AMERICAN EDITION. 



THE great desire to find for my class in the State University 

 an authoritative treatise on the structure of the central nervous 

 system first suggested to me the translation of Dr. Edinger's 

 work. 



I feel, in presenting these twelve lectures to the English- 

 speaking profession, that the student and progressive practitioner 

 are assured of a reliable guide to a more thorough comprehen- 

 sion of this most difficult and intricate subject. Their scope 

 and character are best explained by the author in his own 

 preface. 



Most fully do I appreciate the cordial indorsement given by 

 Dr. Edinger to the American edition. I wish, especially, to 

 extend to my friend, Dr. B. Sachs, my sincere thanks for the 

 hearty encouragement and the assistance without which this 

 work would never have been undertaken ; and gladly do both 

 Dr. Vittum and myself acknowledge his valuable aid in over- 

 looking translation and proof. Thanks are also due to the 

 publisher, Mr. F. A. Davis, for his untiring effort to render this 

 American edition worthy of the original. 



C. EUGENE RIGGS. 



595 DAYTON AVENUE, ST. PAUL, 

 August 1, 1890. 



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