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the German original. I was, therefore, obliged to abandon all idea 

 of publishing the work in that condition. A complete revision of 

 the manuscript, which almost amounted to a remodelling of the 

 translation, was, however, undertaken by Dr. George Buchanan 

 and another friend in England ; and] these gentlemen have done 

 their part in a manner which merits my warmest thanks. 



The work which I now present to the English medical public 

 is, in the main, a condensed version of the second German 

 edition (of 1855) of my " Handbuch der Geioebelehre" ; but every 

 material addition that has been made to Human Microscopical 

 Anatomy, up to the present date, will be found incorporated in 

 it. The book is, therefore, brought well up to the third German 

 edition, that of 1859. 



It has been my aim to adapt this Manual alike to the require- 

 ments of the Medical Practitioner and of the Student : I trust, 

 however, that the professed Histologist will not miss from it 

 any essential matter, although of course the book is not intended 

 to supersede the study of memoirs on special subjects. Although 

 England may boast of many labourers of the highest distinction 

 in the province of Microscopical Anatomy, and although this 

 subject, among others, is treated in a most masterly way in 

 several important English works — I need but to instance the 

 Anatomy of Quain and Sharpey, and the Pliysiological Anatomy 

 of Todd and Bowman — still there is as yet no work in English 

 scientific literature devoted wholly and exclusively to the detailed 

 treatment of the Textural Anatomy of Man, as at present known. 

 Considering, therefore, the great and acknowledged importance 

 of this study in relation to Practical Medicine and Physiology, 

 I venture to hope that my book may meet with a favourable 

 reception and a friendly criticism. Should this be the case, 



