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papers contained notes on the structure and functions 

 of various other joints, more especially the vertebral 

 and costo-vertebral articulations, but they were unfor- 

 tunately in too fragmentary a form to be made use of. 

 In this volume also are incorporated three short papers 

 by Harry D. S. Goodsir, which originally appeared in 

 the volume of Anatomical and Pathological Observa- 

 tions published in 1845 in conjunction with his brother 

 John. 



The duty of preparing the Biographical Memoir 

 was originally undertaken by the Kev. J. T. Goodsir, 

 who, after collecting some materials in illustration of 

 his brother's early life, committed this part of the work 

 to Dr. Henry Lonsdale, whose long intimacy with 

 Professor Goodsir, and other members of his family, 

 and whose literary skill, were regarded as eminently 

 fitting him to perform this office. 



The portrait is engraved from a photograph of the 

 Professor when he was forty years of age. 



The Editors beg to acknowledge the liberal spirit 

 in which the Publishers have carried out the pre- 

 paration of the two handsome volumes now submitted 

 to the medical profession and the public. 



