PREFACE. 



THIS book contains the complete text of my two Compends 

 of Anatomy, namely the "Human Anatomy," and the 

 "Visceral Anatomy," heretofore published as separate volumes 

 in this series of students' manuals. The marked favor with 

 which these Compends were first received, some three and a 

 half years ago, has since been continuously extended to them by 

 teachers and students, both in America and in England. This 

 has been manifested by the sale of a new and large edition every 

 year, and has been extremely gratifying to the author. Upon 

 the exhaustion of the third edition, the publishers resolved to 

 acknowledge the universal appreciation shown these books, by 

 incorporating the two in one volume ; making this, the first of 

 the now well-known " Quiz-Compends," a complete quiz-book 

 on Human Anatomy. In carrying out this generous resolution, 

 the original matter has not been curtailed anywhere ; but, on 

 the contrary, much new matter has been introduced wherever 

 greater detail seemed to be desirable, and the number of the 

 illustrations has been increased by eighteen new cuts. 



Originally designed for the use of the medical student, in pre- 

 paring for the exercises of the quiz-room and for his final exam- 

 ination, the text is confined to the essentials of each structure 

 treated of, which are arranged in such a manner as to facilitate 

 their rapid acquirement. All superfluities of description have 

 been studiously avoided, and only such matter inserted as should 

 be thoroughly known in order to pass a rigid examination on 

 any organ or structure of the human body. The descriptions 

 will be found to closely follow Gray, though Quain and other 

 recognized authorities have been freely consulted during the 

 preparation of the text. For many of the special arrangements 



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