EDITOR'S PREFACE. 



I HAVE prepared M. Morel's Compendium of His- 

 tology for the use of the American medical student 

 in consequence of the excellence and fidelity of its 

 plates, and the clear and concise manner in which all 

 that is positively known of the science, up to the pre- 

 sent moment, is set forth in the text. 



An original work of the same character and simi- 

 larly illustrated would involve a much greater 

 expense, even if the same degree of merit could have 

 been attained. 



Histology, at the present day, is the progressive 

 department of anatomical science, and its rapidly 

 accumulating facts form the basis of modern physi- 

 ology and pathology. Still in its youth, it is advanc- 

 ing steadily from year to year, and to keep pace with 

 its progress, we must draw constantly upon all reli- 

 able sources of information. In our young and busy 

 country the laborers are as yet too few, and too much, 

 of necessity, employed in the active and practical 

 duties of the medical profession, to institute original 



