OBSERVATIONS. 9 



and no indififerent consolation to the pub- 

 lisher, that this zcork will ever support itself 

 upon the basis of its oxni origin. The grea^t 

 success and lapid circulation of the foraier 

 editions have totaiiy excuipated every page 

 from the least accu^aiion of pbgiarism, as it 

 will be found to difter very materialiV from 

 other publications upon the same subject, and 

 the exact reverse of those in circulation. The 

 studious inquirer will be most seriously dis- 

 appointed if he expects to find in these pao^cs 

 a literal imitation and repetition of Gibson's 

 anatomical structure, with tlie identical platc$ 

 and corresponding references, or a dangerous 

 combination of destructive articles hef£ro2r€^ 

 neously blended and cruelly applied. 



Saving thus much to corroborate the in- 

 tent and meaning of our own work, it be- 

 comes immediately applicable to repeat our 

 assertions respecting the danger of others ; 

 particularly in those truly zvonderful pre- 

 scriptive parts, so modestly affirmed to be the 

 conjunctive efforts of learned physicians ^ stii^ 

 dious anatomists^ and proficients in surgery^ 

 That the practical knowledge of tlicse ??y;- 

 >KiW// physicians '' in buckram" has far ex- 



