ADVERTISEMENT, 



Having been imbued with a love for Comparative Anatomy 

 by the Lectures delivered by Professor Owen at St. Bartholo- 

 mew's Hospital in 1835 (the first I had attended on the subject), 

 I have availed myself of the opportunities which have been 

 afforded by the courses of Lectures that have since been an- 

 nually delivered by the same distinguished Professor in the 

 Theatre of the Royal College of Surgeons, to keep pace with 

 the rapidly advancing sciences of Zootomy and Physiology. 



Of these valuable Lectures I have been in the habit of taking 

 full notes, many of which, having been kindly revised by 

 Professor Owen, have received his approbation for their 

 fidelity. 



Having reason to believe that such notes would be acceptable 

 to the members of the Profession and other scientific men, as 

 well as the lovers of Natural History generally, I have obtained 

 the sanction of Professor Owen to publish those of the Hunterian 

 Lectures for the present year. The notes will be revised by 

 the Professor, who has also kindly promised to furnish the sub- 

 jects of the most instructive diagrams used in illustration of the 

 Lectures, and which will be incorporated by means of wood- 

 cuts with the text. 



I should not be doing justice to my own feelings did I not 

 avail myself of the present opportunity of expressing the deep 



