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Cruikshank, with great accuracy; and' from his 

 dissections, figures have been made and published 

 which are deservedly held in high estimation. To 

 Mr. Sheldon also, anatomists are much indebted 

 for his illustration of this system. And Masc agni, 

 of Italy, has likewise bestowed great pains on 

 this subject. 



As a general system of anatomy, the '^ Anato^ 

 ^ mical exposition of the structure of the human 

 " body," by Professor Winslow, of the University 

 of Paris, though compiled and published early in 

 the eighteenth century, was, till near the close of 

 it, regarded as a standard work. This has, of 

 late, given place to a more comprehensive and ac- 

 curate compilation, in three volumes, executed by 

 Mr. Fyfe, of Edinburgh, under the direction of 

 Professor Monro, Heister's compendium, dur-r 

 ing a great portion of the century, was held in high 

 esteem. Dr. Simmons, of London, has also lately 

 obliged the world with an excellent system of 

 anatomy, in which the subject is treated with un- 

 common perspicuity and elegance. Among trea- 

 tises on anatomy in general, those presented to the 

 world by Sabatier and Plenck, within a few 

 years, deserve to be particularly mentioned. Mr, 

 John Bell, of Edinburgh, has published two 

 volumes of a system of anatomy, which is con- 

 sidered as a very able work, so far as it goes, and 

 will probably be completed in a short time. Mr. 

 Charles Bell, of the same city, in a work en- 

 titled " A System of Dissections," has done much 

 towards facilitating and familiarizing the study of 

 anatomy, and displaying the appearances of mor- 

 bid parts of the body. And a very recent " Com- 

 *' pendium of Anatomy" by Mr. Fyfe, above-men- 

 tioned, illustrated by a large number of engravings, 

 is supposed to contain improvements, of more or 

 less value, q.i\ every preceding work; of that kind, 



