PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION 



THE kindness extended by reviewers to this book on the occasion of its first appear- 

 ance, and the steady demand for it since the War, give me reason to hope that this 

 edition will still find a sphere of usefulness among students of anatomy. 



A number of reviewers expressed the opinion that the bones of the skull had not 

 been presented so fully " dressed " as were the other constituents of the skeleton. 

 I was quite conscious of this at the time of writing the book, and had put them forward 

 in that way after some reflection, and deliberately. I have thought over the matter 

 again in preparing this edition, and have concluded that the old reasons, those which 

 influenced me before, are at least as potent now, so that I have refrained from an 

 attempt to alter the plan on which the description of the skull was based. 



The whole text has been submitted to careful revision, and a few new illustrations 

 added. 



J. ERNEST FRAZER. 



