PREFACE TO SECOND IMPRESSION 



The First Edition of this Manual has been so favourably received, 

 and was published such a short time ago, that it has seemed un- 

 necessary to make any very important alterations, or to effect a 

 thorough and complete revisal in the meantime, in view of the early 

 call for a Second Edition, In reprinting this Second Impression it 

 has been considered advisable not to allow the Manual to remain 

 out of print (as a revised edition throughout would necessitate), it 

 being the only text-book of its kind which adheres to the old 

 anatomical nomenclature. 



The feeling among many teachers of anatomy seems to be setting 

 against the adoption of the Basle nomenclature in its entirety. 

 Moreover, among students there is a great deal of dissatisfaction at 

 its use on account of its being so cumbrous, and occasionally not 

 quite accurate. It has therefore been considered advisable to retain 

 the old nomenclature, which is so simple and so correct for all 

 practical purposes, until such time as a standard nomenclature 

 has been fixed and generally accepted. The Appendix containing a 

 large number of the terms of the Basle nomenclature has, however, 

 been retained for the use of those who may desire to refer to it. 



The errata and omissions, noted in the First Edition, have been 

 put right, and certain critical remarks have received willing 

 attention. 



The subject of the ossification of bones, now so much modified, 

 has been made more in conformity with the views of recent 

 investigators, and in certain cases will be doubtless more acceptable 

 to students than previous accounts. 



The Anderson College of Medicine, 

 Glasgow, 



May, 1914. 



