PREFACE 



WHEN about to vacate the Chair of Anatomy which, for twelve 

 years, I had occupied in the Medical School of St. Mary's Hospital, 

 I desired to leave some permanent record of my work which might 

 prove of interest and assistance to Senior Students. 



Having always found it impracticable to draw a hard-and-fast 

 line between facts which bear upon the Science of Medicine and those 

 which chiefly concern the Practical Surgeon, I, a surgeon, have pre- 

 sumed in this MANUAL boldly to trespass upon the domains of the 

 Physician, as well as of the Specialist. 



Most of the ground has, I am aware, been already covered, 

 especially as regards so-called Surgical Anatomy. But the entire 

 range of Anatomy has not hitherto, I think, been treated from the 

 point of view of the Senior Student, who, having quitted the dis- 

 secting-room, is in need of a volume which shall supply him with 

 such anatomical information, free of wearying detail, as is essential 

 for his successful and intelligent work in the Medical and Surgical 

 Wards, and in the Special Departments of his Hospital. 



The books to which I have chiefly referred in writing this MANUAL 

 are those of Sibson, Tyler Smith, Ferrier, Gowers, and Ranney : 

 Holmes, Ch. Heath, and Juler ; Richet, Hilton, Holden, Quain, Gray, 

 Tillaux, Treves, and Bellamy. 



As regards the illustrations, Messrs. Longman have kindly arranged 

 for my making use of many well-known blocks ; others have been 



