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mist to decipher their meaning, have been superseded by much better 

 ones for the student's purposes, which can be obtained at moderate 

 cost. The best of these are the plates of Quain and Wilson, a well 

 selected and well copied series, impressions of which vary very much, 

 however, many copies apparently having been sent abroad after the 

 plates had been more than sufficiently used. The Atlas of Smith 

 and Horner, though executed on a small scale, is very serviceable 

 for many purposes, and especially useful as giving numerous repre- 

 sentations of minute structure. Besides these, the small Atlas of 

 Masse, the plates of Sarlandiere, the large figures of Manec, and, 

 recently, elementary illustrations of the circulating and nervous sys- 

 tems, for the use of the student, by Drs. Goddard, Neill, and Allen 

 have been published in this country. 



In Regional and Surgical Anatomy, translations have been pub- 

 lished of the Manual of Edwards, and the more extensive works of 

 Velpeau and Blandin, the latter by the indefatigable Dr. Doane. 



PHYSIOLOGY. 



The principal original works in this department are those of Dr. 

 Dunglison and Dr. Oliver ; the first, an extended compilation, marked 

 with the extensive learning of the well-known author, who has touched 

 nothing without rendering it service ; the second, a carefully studied, 

 perspicuous, well written abstract of the science as it appeared 

 to an elegant scholar, familiar with the best authorities, but writing 

 under the disadvantage of comparative remoteness from the busier 

 centres of science. Several works of a different character, but 

 adapted to be very useful in schools, and to the public generally, 

 have been written by Drs. Hayward, Lee, Coates, Griscom, and 

 Jarvis. The work of the latter gentleman is remarkable for the 

 number of original observations and illustrations which it contains. 

 Dr. Ticknor's " Philosophy of Living" Dr. Dunglison's " Human 

 Health" Dr. Bell on Regimen and Longevity, Dr. Griscom on the 

 Sanitary Condition of the Labouring People of New York, Dr. 

 Brigham's two striking Essays, and Dr. Warren's Essay on Physical 

 Education and the Preservation of Health, sufficiently indicate the 

 increase of attention to the laws of life which has been noticeable in 

 this country of late years. At the opposite pole of science to these 

 simpler practical treatises, stand the two large volumes of Dr. Met- 

 calfe on Caloric, a work of high philosophical pretensions, which only 

 the robuster class of readers have as yet grappled with, and which 



