PREFACE. 



THE frequent request, on the part of those whom 

 it has been my pleasure to instruct in Anatomy and 

 Physiology during the last few years, to write a book 

 based somewhat upon the plan employed in teaching 

 this subject has been the principal incentive to my 

 action. 



The field of anatomy and physiology is already too 

 well cultivated for one, in this brief space, to hope to 

 do more than aid the student in acquiring established 

 facts. 



In preparing this work I have endeavored to make 

 the text as simple and comprehensive as could be 

 done, that the students may be able to grasp the 

 primary principles, after which they will have suffi- 

 cient knowledge to apply themselves to future 

 studies. 



The works of Gray, Wilson, Deaver, Brubaker, 

 Kimber, and others have been freely consulted, and 

 in some instances their language has been employed 

 or paraphrased. 



Through the kindness of the publishers I have 

 been enabled to make use of many illustrations that 



