PREFACE 



THE great practical importance of a thorough knowl- 

 edge of the viscera and of their relations to the surface 

 of the body has been recognized in preparing this MANUAL 

 OF ANATOMY, by according to them the most prominent 

 place in illustration and description. Further, to eluci- 

 date their formation and relations in the adult, a brief 

 history of the development of the most important organs 

 is introduced. 



The anatomy of the extremities has been treated as 

 fully as its requirements seem to demand. 



Descriptions of the bones and the joints, and of those 

 minute parts which require special preparation for their 

 dissection, have intentionally been omitted. 



Surgical references have been avoided, except in a few 

 instances where it seemed advisable for the student's good 

 to suggest the application of a process or a description. 



The descriptions are given in the natural order that is, 

 the order in which the structures are discovered in the 

 dissection ; consequently some parts, being found in two 

 or more regions, receive separate notices, but cross-refer- 

 ences are freely used to harmonize such descriptions. 



The writer's experience as a teacher in anatomy for 

 several years is utilized in stating the " facts of anatomy" 

 which have been gathered from the standard text-books 

 on this and the allied subjects. Nothing new is presented 

 in the text except a slight contribution touching the visceral 



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