PREFACE. 



probable that I may have omitted some things worthy 

 of remark, which I may have subsequent reason to re- 

 pent my neglect of. 



By far the greater part of this work has been 

 wrought up in regular manuscript; on several occa- 

 sions, however, not wishing to make the text more pro- 

 lix, I have incorporated with it literal extracts from my 

 " Lessons in Practical Anatomy." This is especially 

 the case in regard to the nerves of the extremities and 

 to the muscles. The two works harmonize; yet some 

 unimportant differences may, in a few places, be ob- 

 served by the attentive reader, owing to improved 

 views in the present. Simple typographical mistakes 

 have also given rise to discrepancies ; but it is almost 

 impossible to avoid a contingency of this kind, owing, 

 sometimes, to the inevitable hurry in which a proof- 

 sheet is corrected, and, at others, to the mechanical 

 derangements, to which the press is subject. 



The great deficiency of the English language in 

 terms suited to anatomical description and nomencla- 

 ture, and the difficulty of forming suitable compound 

 words from-it, have induced me to take some liberties 

 which I would gladly have dispensed with, under 

 other circumstances. To avoid periphrasis, and the 

 inconvenient repetition of sentences, I have, therefore, 

 frequently adopted French terminations, and sometimes 

 formed a word upon a Greek, a Latin, or a French 

 root; following, in these respects, the authority of the 

 Continental Anatomists. But it is still a great deside- 

 ratum, for anatomy to be rather more algebraical in its 

 characters and language, than it is at present. 



