VI Introduction. 



clear enough. In those cases in which I have given new delineations which 

 depart somewhat from the customary, I introduced them with full consciousness, 

 on the strength of new preparations. 



All illustrations have been made from dissections of the right half of the body. 



As the basis for the technical terms, I have, throughout, made use of the 

 new anatomical nomenclature, BNA, as unanimously adopted by the anatomical 

 association at its IX. meeting in Basel on April 19, 1895 and published with 

 introduction and explanations by W. His. I have held myself strictly to the 

 terms there given and only in a few isolated cases added terms according to 

 my own judgment. Also for the mass of quoted terms, the compilation just 

 referred to has served me as a standard ; only a few terms will be found missing. 

 As to the process of reproduction, with a few exceptions the Half -tone 

 has been chosen, because this mechanical method reproduces the original 

 drawing far more accurately than does the woodcut. 



The drawings of the attachments of muscles were completed from pre- 

 parations which were made by the late Prof. W. Braune himself. 



As far as the text is concerned, I undertook only unwillingly the writing 

 thereof, since it may permit the student to think, that this text will suffice for 

 the study of anatomy in general. I have decided to write ultimately a supplement 

 to the same if it be much desired, and shall then devote to it the greatest care. 

 My effort has been, to give a clear description of the figures, and at the same 

 time to explain all the descriptive terms made use of in the figure. In so 

 doing the manuscript unintentionally turned out to be much more detailed than 

 was really necessary in the, text accompanying an atlas, in which, indeed, the 

 illustrations are the essentials; thus it resembles many text books in completeness. 

 And yet again it is more incomplete than a full text book should be in as much 

 as I found it necessary to omit entirely all general matter, and occasionally, if 

 room for the text was wanting, it was necessary that the illustration alone 

 should speak for itself. Consequently the text remains, for the most part, a guide; 

 it ought not to, and can in no way, render a text book of anatomy unnecessary. 



In the part on articulations, I have provided a description of the pure 

 anatomic relations only, and except in the case of the mandibular articulation, 

 have intentionally, nowhere entered into the function of the same; for while 

 the old classification of joints according to the form of the articulating surfaces 

 has now only partial value, nevertheless a new classification according to the 

 amount of motion possible during life is not yet applicable to all joints. 



For showing the soft parts, especially the muscles and viscera, material 

 carefully hardened in formalin has been largely used. 



The data regarding the action of the individual muscles take into account 

 only the influence which the muscles exert on the joints over which they pass. 



Werner Spalteholz. 



