PEEFACE 



IN designing these plates the author has had in his mind the valuable 

 assistance rendered to him in the first years of his curriculum by the 

 magnificent plates of Professor Ellis, which, however useful they may 

 be, are too large to be portable, and too expensive for the majority of 

 students to obtain. In order to get over this difficulty, the plates, with 

 the exception of five, instead of being life-size, are reduced by one-third, 

 thus making a convenient and portable book; and it is hoped that the 

 price will place these ' dissections ' within the reach of all those who care 

 for a graphic representation of anatomy. A picture or diagram of anatomy 

 is far more useful in fixing the position of parts than a mere written de- 

 scription, and impresses them on the memory in such a manner, that 

 they are easily recalled when engaged in surgical or medical work. 

 The best illustration is the body itelf, and it is here that the student 

 must lay, by careful dissection, a good and sound foundation of his 

 anatomical work. The author ventures to place these plates before the 

 student as portraying the different structures in their normal positions, 

 which he has to search for and display during his dissections. Thus 

 they will serve as models and, further, will recall the work already done 

 when revising his anatomy previous to an examination. And when, in 

 after years, he has settled down into the staid and prosperous practitioner, 

 the author hopes that, should any anatomical difficulty arise when there 

 is no subject to refer to, these plates may serve to fill a gap by showing 

 the relations of the different structures to one another, and thus recall 

 work long since relegated to the background. 



The dissections only aim at showing the ordinary details which any 

 careful worker can dissect out lor himself, and not unnecessary minutiae. 

 The various structures have been kept as closely as possible in their 

 normal relations to each other. Finding it impossible in some of the 



