PEEFACE. 



A CONSIDERABLE experience as a teacher has con- 

 vinced me that there is room for a small work on what 

 might be termed Applied Anatomy. With the excep- 

 tion of my friend Mr. Galton's translation of Professor 

 Roser's work, there is no English handbook of the kind 

 within the reach of the generality of students. 



Pupils are apt to lay aside their anatomical studies 

 after having passed their primary examination, and to 

 be confused at finding a considerable amount of Surgi- 

 cal Anatomy required of them when they present them- 

 selves for their final or pass. 



With a view of assisting them, this work has been 

 prepared. A knowledge of Descriptive Anatomy is 

 presupposed, and such regions of the body as do not 

 seem to bear directly upon the operative or more practi- 

 cal parts of Surgery, have been either merely referred to 

 or entirely omitted. 



I do not hesitate to state that I have in one or two 

 instances availed myself of methods of arrangement 

 adopted by others ; yet all the statements have been 



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