INTRODUCTION 



and in anatomical investigations must have a 

 good seeing eye and a dextrous hand. To ac- 

 quire these two most valuable aids necessary 

 to carry on careful inquiry or research, it is 

 essential to practise using the eye and the 

 hand. Combined with the expertness of these 

 two, must be the ability to continue one's ef- 

 forts in the face of failure ; to redouble one 's 

 efforts to attain success despite the short- 

 comings of eye or hand. This simply means 

 practise and patience. And the one who is 

 without that wonderful virtue, patience, will 

 never stay long enough with his problem to 

 gain either 'an observing eye or an expert 

 hand, or to achieve his end, and thereby reap 

 the full and pleasing results of his efforts. In 

 order of importance, patience really precedes 

 dexterity, skill, arid observation; and persis- 

 tence of effort is a factor not to be entirely 

 outshone by any other virtue. With these at- 

 tributes, knowledge of the subject in hand 

 naturally follows. 



One reason why eye dissections are easily 

 carried on is because material can always be 



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