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PEEFACE. 



npiIE appearance of the present translation of my Manual of 

 Histology, following on the excellent version issued by the 

 Sydenham Society in 1853-54, may seem to require a word of 

 explanation. The earlier translation, with which were incorpo- 

 rated various extracts from my Microscopical Anatomy, was from 

 the hands of no less eminent editors than Professors Bush and 

 Huxley. But having been printed exclusively for members of 

 the Sydenham Society, the work has not obtained any large 

 circulation in the English medical world. On this account, on 

 my visit to the British Association at Glasgow in the year 1855, 

 I was urged by several of my English friends to prepare an 

 independent English edition, which should also have the advan- 

 tage of a more compact form. After mature consideration, I 

 resolved to act on this suggestion; and, in the same year, I 

 succeeded in finding a publisher, Mr. J. IV. Parker, ready to 

 forward the work by all the means in his power. In carrying 

 out my project, however, a considerable obstacle presented itself. 

 The translation was executed under my own supervision by one 

 of my pupils, who spared no pains or diligence upon it; but 

 when submitted to English friends, on whose judgment I could 

 thoroughly rely, it was pronounced to have followed too literally 



