SAUNDERS' 

 MEDICAL HAND-ATLASES. 



The series of books included under this title consists of authorized 

 translations into English of the world-famous Lehmann Medicinische 

 Handatlanten, which for scientific accuracy, pictorial beauty, com- 

 pactness, and cheapness surpass any similar volumes ever published. 

 Each volume contains from 50 to 100 colored plates, executed by the 

 most skilful German lithographers, besides numerous illustrations in the 

 text. There is a full and appropriate description of each plate, and 

 each book contains a condensed but adequate outline of the subject to 

 which it is devoted. 



One of the most valuable features of these atlases is that they offer a 

 ready and satisfactory substitute for clinical observation. To those 

 unable to attend important clinics these books will be absolutely indis- 

 pensable. 



In planning this series of books arrangements were made with the rep- 

 resentative publishers in the chief medical centers of the world for the 

 publication of translations of the atlases into different languages, the litho- 

 graphic plates for all these editions being made in Germany, where work of 

 this kind has been brought to the greatest perfection. The expense of 

 making the plates being shared by the various publishers, the cost to each 

 one was materially reduced. Thus by reason of their universal transla- 

 tion and reproduction, the publishers have been enabled to secure for these 

 atlases the best artistic and professional talent, to produce them in the 

 most elegant style, and yet to offer them at a price heretofore unap- 

 proached in cheapness. The success of the undertaking is demonstrated 

 by the fact that the volumes have already appeared in thirteen different 

 languages — German, English, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Japanese, 

 Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Roumanian, Bohemian, and Hungarian. 



In view of the striking success of these works, Mr. Saunders has con- 

 tracted with the publisher of the original German edition for one hun- 

 dred thousand copies of the atlases. In consideration of this enormous 

 undertaking, the publisher has been enabled to prepare and furnish special 

 additional colored plates, making the series even handsomer and more 

 complete than was originally intended. 



As an indication of the practical value of the atlases and of the favor 

 with which they have been received, it should be noted that the Medical 

 Department of the U.S. Army has adopted the "Atlas of Operative 

 Surgery" as its standard, and has ordered the book in large quantities for 

 distribution to the various regiments and army posts. 



The same careful and competent editorial supervision has been 

 secured in the English edition as in the originals, the translations being 

 edited by the leading American specialists in the different subjects. 



