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ADVERTISEMENT. 



THE successive Editions of Dr. Jones Quain's "Elements of 

 Anatomy " were, up to the fourth inclusive, published under the 

 superintendence of the Author. The duty of editing the fifth 

 edition was undertaken by Mr. Richard Quain, then Professor of 

 Anatomy in University College, and Dr. Sharpey ; the several 

 parts being apportioned between them, as follows, viz. : The 

 General Anatomy to Dr. Sharpey, with the Descriptive Anatomy 

 of the Brain, the Heart, and of the Organs of Respiration, Voice, 

 Digestion, Urine, and Generation ; and to Mr. Quain the remaining 

 portion of the Descriptive Anatomy, comprehending the Bones, 

 Muscles, Articulations, Fasciae, Vessels, Nerves, and the Organs of 

 the Senses, together with the Surgical Anatomy of the different 

 regions. On that occasion extensive changes were made through- 

 out the work, and a great part was entirely re-written. 



The increasing claims of professional duty having prevented 

 Mr. Quain from continuing his services in preparing the Sixth 

 Edition, his place was taken by Mr. Ellis, his successor in the 

 Chair of Anatomy at University College, who was accordingly 

 associated with Dr. Sharpey, and edited that portion of the work 

 which had previously fallen to the share of his predecessor. 



In the present edition the General Anatomy, entirely re-written 

 by Dr. Sharpey for the fifth edition, has been again revised by him, 

 and has undergone extensive changes, adapting it to the present 

 state of the science. The whole of the Descriptive Anatomy has 

 been edited by Dr. Thomson and Dr. Cleland. .The text of this 

 part has been thoroughly revised, and in great measure recast by 

 Dr. Cleland, with the assistance and supervision of Dr. Thomson. 

 New figures have in most cases been substituted for those of 

 former editions, drawn on a larger scale, or deemed otherwise more 



