ABSTRACT OF PUBLISHERS' NOTE 



AS PRINTED IN PART I 



The very favorable reception accorded the previous editions of this work in 

 America suggested the desirability of making the present (fourth) edition interna- 

 tional in its character, by placing it largely in the hands of an American editor and 

 by securing the services of American Anatomists in the revision or rewriting of 

 certain of the sections. 



The entire work has undergone a complete revision, and some sections nave 

 li(M>n entirely rewritten and, in several instances, considerably enlarged; the text 

 lias been brought thoroughly up to date by the inclusion of the results of recent 

 investigations, and represents, accurately, the present state of Anatomy. Many 

 illustrations which appeared in previous editions have been omitted, a large number 

 of new figures have been made f rom -specially prepared drawings, and pictures from 

 other books have been included where they served the desired purpose. 



Special attention should lie directed to the use throughout the volume of the 

 nomenclature adopted by the German Anatomical Society and generally known 

 as the Basle nomenclature, or BNA. In employing this nomenclature the editors 

 have been guided by a desire to assist in the unification of anatomical terminology, 

 seeing in such unification an earnest of the thorough internationalization of the 

 science of anatomy and more rapid progress in its development. The modifica- 

 tions of the accepted English nomenclature necessitated by the adoption of the 

 BN'A are comparatively few, and where they are radical, the more familiar terms 

 have been added in parentheses. Whilst this is the first text-book of Anatomy in 

 English to adopt the BNA in its entirety, there are a number of books and papers 

 on Embryology, Histology, and Biology in which it is used; its general adoption 

 in the future, it may be confidently expected, will be assured. In this connection, 

 reference should be made to a new book by Prof. Llewellys F. Barker, of Johns 

 Hopkins University, in which a complete list of the terms used in the BNA is given 

 and in which the object, system, and practicability of the nomenclature are explained. 



Each author is alone responsible for the subject-matter of the article following 

 his name. Care has been exercised on the part of the editors, however, to make the 

 whole uniform, complete, and systematic. 



P. BLAKISTON'S SON & CO. 



