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APPENDIX B. 



HUMAN ANATOMY, 



GENERAL VIEW OF THE HUMAN SYSTEM. 



IN this synopsis of Human Anatomy, we propose to 

 give a view of the whole subject, and then describe and 

 illustrate such particular parts as will be most useful and 

 intelligible to the student or general reader. 



Human anatomy is subdivided into descriptive, and 

 morbid or pathological. 



Descriptive anatomy embraces a description of the 

 different organs of the system, together with their rela- 

 tive situations and connections ; it determines the text- 

 ures of which they are formed, enumerates the nerves 

 and blood-vessels by which they are supplied, and gives 

 general and particular details concerning their organiza- 

 tions. Having done this, descriptive anatomy proceeds to 

 point out the analogies that subsist among the materials 

 of which the several organs are composed, and is thus 

 led to specify the several constituents of the human body. 



Morbid or Pathological anatomy comprehends the 

 description of the effects of disease on the healthy struct- 

 ures, and points out the changes of texture, and of com- 

 position and appearance, which they have suffered in con- 

 sequence of morbid action. 



Description of the different Parts and Organs of 

 which the Human Body is composed. -Anatomical 

 writers first direct the student's attention to that branch 

 of the subject termed Osteology, which means a de- 

 How is anatomy subdivided ? What is descriptive anatomy ? What is 

 morbid anatomy ? What branch of anatomy is first studied ? What is meant 

 by osteology ? 



