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REVIEWS. 



Compendium of Human Histology. By C. Morel. Translated 

 and Edited by W. H. Ya\ Buue.v, M.D. New York : 

 Bailliere Brothers. 



The original of tliis work is written by Professor Morel, of 

 Strasburg, and translated by Dr. Van Buren, Professor of 

 Anatom}' in the University of New York. It has been 

 selected for translation by the latter on account of its con- 

 ciseness and the excellence of the plates with which it is 

 illustrated. These plates, twenty-eight in number, are cer- 

 tainly got up in a very superior manner, and the original 

 plates are reproduced in the American edition. They have 

 been drawn by Messrs. INIorel and Villemin, and lithographed 

 with great care and accuracy by I\I. Simon, of Strasburg. 

 We have carefully looked over them, and although we cannot 

 observe any addition to our knowledge of the intimate struc- 

 ture of the organs of the human body, we can cordially 

 recommend these illustrations as more carefully engraved in 

 their details than any continuous series on the same subject 

 with which we are acquainted. 



The text of the v^^ork is really little more than an extended 

 description of the beautiful plates. At the same time we 

 think it may be found more useful for the student attending 

 lectures and demonstrations than the more diffuse treatises, in 

 which elaborate discussions are entered into, and which are 

 better adapted for the advanced student or teacher. Dr. 

 Van Burcn is, however, well posted up on the suljject of his- 

 tology, and in the notes which he has added has supplied 

 the student with copious references to original papers and 

 the larger works of Kolliker, Todd and Bowman, and others. 



