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descriptions. The bare accounts, for example, of the 

 regions concerned in Hernia I have left to the syste- 

 matic treatises, and have dealt only with the bearings 

 of the anatomy of the parts upon the circumstances of 

 practice. The limits of space have compelled me to 

 omit all those parts of the " Surgery of the Arteries " 

 that deal with ligature, collateral circulation, abnor- 

 malities, and the like. This omission I do not regret, 

 since those subjects are fully treated not only in 

 works on operative surgery but also in the manuals 

 of general anatomy. 



The book is intended mainly for the use of 

 students preparing for their final examination in 

 surgery. I hope, however, that it will be of use also 

 to practitioners whose memory of their dissecting 

 room work is growing a little gray, and who would 

 wish to recall such anatomical matters as have the 

 most direct bearing upon the details of practice. 

 Moreover, it is possible that junior students may find 

 some interest in the volume, and may have their 

 studies rendered more intelligent, by learning how 

 anatomy is concerned in actual dealings with disease. 



The illustrations have been executed by Mr. 

 Charles BerjeaU, F.L.S., to whose skilful pencil I am 

 much indebted. The majority of them have been 



