PREFACE TO THE THIRTEENTH ENGLISH EDITION. 



WHEN HENRY GRAY published this work in 1858, he entitled it Anatomy, 

 Descriptive and Surgical, and he introduced under each subdivision such 

 observations on practical points of Surgery as show the necessity of an accurate 

 acquaintance with the anatomy of the part under examination. This was the 

 first time that such an endeavor had been made by an English Anatomist. 



The Editor has endeavored to follow in the lines originallv laid down 



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by the Author, and has tried to keep before himself the fact that the 

 work is intended for Students of Surgery rather than for the Scientific 

 Anatomist. Not that the Editor would wish to disparage, for an instant, the 

 study of Philosophical or Scientific Anatomy, but that he thought it right, con- 

 sidering the class of students for whom the work is primarily intended, that he 

 should be practical rather than abstract and theoretical. Accordingly, he has 

 not altered in any way the original plan of the work, but has endeavored to 

 render it more practical, and of more use to the student, who will hereafter 

 have to apply his knoAvledge of Anatomy to his practice of Surgery, by intro- 

 ducing a considerably increased amount of Surgical Anatomy, and by pointing 

 out the bearings of Anatomy on the practice of Surgery. 



In addition to this, the whole work has undergone a careful revision, and in 

 some minor details a rearrangement has been made. 



The Editor is deeply indebted to his friend Mr. Ross for much kind assist- 

 ance in the preparation of this edition, and also for the help that he has rendered 

 him in passing these pages through the press. 



To Dr. LEONARD REMFRY he is also much indebted for his kindness in revis- 

 ing the section on the anatomy of the Female Organs of Generation. 



Several new illustrations have been added, principally from dissections in the 

 Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons. The Editor takes this 

 opportunity of thanking Prosector PEARSON for the kind interest he has dis- 

 played and assistance he has rendered in the preparation of these drawings, 

 which were taken from dissections made by this master in the art of dissecting. 



