PREFACE 



THIS book is intended to present in a clear and concise 

 manner more than the mere essentials of human anatomy. 

 To accomplish this some of the less important points have 

 yielded space to those of more practical bearing. Embry- 

 ology, histology, and applied anatomy have not been con- 

 sidered as coming within its scope. 



It is interesting to note the history of this little work. 

 The original issue was published from the manuscript of 

 Dr. F. J. Brockway, whose untimely death was a great loss 

 to all true students of anatomy. The value of his work 

 was so widely appreciated that it ran through several 

 printings, and in response to the continued demand it was 

 revised with additions, and rearranged with questions 

 grouped at the end of the sections, by Dr. Henry E. Hale, 

 then Demonstrator of Anatomy at the College of Physicians 

 and Surgeons, New York. His edition was likewise widely 

 approved, as indicated by the call for successive printings. 

 Meanwhile he became identified with other subjects, and 

 this new and revised issue is accordingly executed by other 

 hands. It is hoped that so brought to date the little work 

 will continue to enjoy its merited popularity. Perhaps 

 the most important of the changes is that relating to the 

 cerebrospinal axis, which is described with sufficient detail 

 of the most important masses entering into its intricate 

 formation to enable the reader to grasp its structures with 

 facility. In addition to the questions following each section 

 a selected list of State Board Examination Questions has 

 been inserted immediately preceding the index, a feature 

 which should prove of service to the student preparing 

 himself in the subject. 



I wish to thank my friend and colleague, Professor E. A. 

 Spitzka, of the Jefferson Medical College, for his encour- 

 agement and valuable suggestions, particularly in regard 

 to the nerve system, 



J. F. L. 



