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student, and not to make her swallow a mass of undigested 

 facts. To insist upon accuracy of statement; to enlarge the 

 pupil's vocabulary; to train her to trace from cause to effect 

 in different conditions, if nothing else is accomplished, this 

 is a great deal, and will make a nurse of distinctly greater 

 value and of higher grade, than one whose mind has not, 

 with all her training, been trained to think. 



It seemed best to arrange the book in chapters rather 

 than in lessons, owing to the difficulty of making each sub- 

 ject of an equal length ; in the introductory contents, however, 

 a scheme of the subject, arranged in lessons of suitable length, 

 is provided. It is, perhaps, superfluous to suggest that in 

 making use of the text-book for class-teaching, each lesson 

 should be illustrated as far as possible by anatomical charts, 

 skeleton or manikin, and, where obtainable, by specimens from 

 the human subject. 



The book has been compiled from the following works : 

 Quain's "Anatomy," edited by E. A. Schafer, F.R.S., and Prof. 

 G. D. Thane ; Gray's " Anatomy," edited by T. Pickering Pick ; 

 "Text-book of Physiology," by M. Foster, M.A.; "Physiology 

 and Hygiene," by T. H. Huxley, F.R.S., and D. J. Youmans, 

 M.D. ; " Human Physiology," by John C. Dalton, M.D. ; " The 

 Human Body," by H. Newell Martin, M.D. ; Woods' "House- 

 hold Practice of Medicine," edited by Fred. A. Castle, M.D. ; 

 "The Essentials of Histology," by E. A. Schafer, F.R.S. ; 

 "Practical Normal Histology," by F. M. Prudden, M.D. 



I am specially indebted to my friend, Louise Darche, for invalu- 

 able assistance. Without her aid, the book would neither have 

 been begun, continued, or finished, and if it meets the require- 

 ments of our schools, it will be largely owing to her hearty co-oper- 

 ation and the criticism and advice given by her in every page. 



NEW YORK, August 12, 1894. 



