PREFACE AND DEDICATION TO FIRST EDITION 



The pupil-nurse in a training-school has very few hours at com- 

 mand for the study of text-books, but it is hoped that she may 

 find in this "Anatomy for Nurses" an aid to the acquirement of 

 that knowledge of the human body which is essential to the full 

 understanding of her important duties. 



In preparing a book of this kind, the inevitable difficulty of 

 selection, when dealing with a subject of such magnitude, is at once 

 manifest. What appears from one point of view to be of minor 

 interest, is from another paramount in importance; while in truth, 

 no detail is of itself insignificant. 



The author trusts that in the present work such matters as are 

 not available for immediate use in the hospital ward may still be of 

 value, to meet the growing need of the graduate-nurse as she finds 

 herself developing with the practice of her profession. It was, in 

 part, to meet this frequently expressed need that the work was 



undertaken. 



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Concerning the use of anatomic terms, indications point to the 

 general adoption of the nomenclature accepted by the German 

 Anatomical Society at the meeting of 1895, in Basle, Switzerland. 

 The B. N. A., as it is called, will soon be in use among the younger 

 physicians at least; therefore, many of the terms belonging to it are 

 here introduced, and several tables are given which include names 

 not found in the text. 



The author gratefully acknowledges her indebtedness to Dr. 

 Marie L. Bauer for valuable aid in the preparation of the book, 

 and to Drs. Frances C. Van Gasken and J. William McConnell 

 for assistance in the reading of proofs and for helpful suggestions. 



The original illustrations, most of which are printed in colors, 

 are r drawn by Chas. F. Bauer. 



To the members of the nursing profession, with cherished recol- 

 lections of labors and responsibilities shared, this Text-book of 

 Anatomy is dedicated. 



ELIZABETH R. BUNDY. 

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