PREFACE. 



THE object of this little book is, as its title indicates, to 

 furnish a concise though complete synopsis of human anatomy 

 for the use of students of medicine and others. 



Appreciating, from a personal contact with students, the 

 limited time at their disposal and the unlimited amount of 

 medical material to be digested, the author has endeavored, by 

 well-selected wood-cuts, typographical arrangement, and numer- 

 ous tables, to facilitate the acquisition of a subject as difficult as 

 it is essential, and elegance of diction has therefore been sacri- 

 ficed to conciseness and accuracy. 



In its preparation the last edition of Gray's "Anatomy" 

 [edited by Keen], as the work most largely employed, has been 

 selected as the standard, but Leidy, Quain, Allen, Holden, Henle, 

 Schaffer, Klein, Brown Aids, and others, have been freely used, 

 and on the special subjects Lusk, Spiegelberg, Savage, Schroeder, 

 Budin, Treve's "Surgical Applied Anatomy," and the "Ameri- 

 can System of Dentistry" have been consulted. Although pre- 

 pared particularly for students, sufficient descriptive matter has 

 been added to render it valuable to the busy practitioner, par- 

 ticularly the sections on the Viscera, Special Senses, Vascular 

 System, and Surgical Anatomy. The aim throughout has been 

 to make it as thoroughly complete and accurate as possible, and 

 at the same time readily accessible for reference or study. 



The writer would acknowledge his obligations to Messrs. 

 S. Z. Durborow and C. W. Holly, medical students at the Uni- 

 versity, for assistance in the correction of proof. 



J. K. Y. 



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