TEANSLATOE'S PEEFACE. 



THE idea of translating Professor Strieker's " Manual of His- 

 tology" originated from a consideration of the remarkable 

 paucity of works on this subject in our language. The only 

 complete treatises we possess are " Kolliker's Manual of Human 

 Histology/' translated in 1853-4 by Messrs. Busk and Huxley, 

 and again in 1860 by Dr. George Buchanan; the " Physio- 

 logical Anatomy " of Messrs. Todd and Bowman, 1843-57; and 

 the "Introduction to Quain and Sharpey's Anatomy/' 1864-67; 

 All of these works are extremely good ; but that they should 

 constitute the only books of reference on the minute anatomy of 

 the tissues is certainly surprising when we call to mind the great 

 multitude of works that have been recently published on the 

 kindred subjects of Anatomy and Physiology. No doubt a 

 large amount of valuable information is contained in Dr. 

 Carpenter's valuable physiological treatises, and the various 

 papers of Dr. Beale ; but neither lay claim to constitute a 

 complete exposition of histological knowledge ; and, with the 

 exception of these, the student who is desirous of referring 

 to any histological point must go back to the short work of 

 Morel, published in 1861; the "Lectures" of Quekett, 1850; 

 the " Microscopic Anatomy " of Hassall, 1849, or some of the 

 still older works on general anatomy, all written at a time 

 when the methods of investigation were far less perfect than 

 at present. 



The translation of this treatise into English was commenced 

 almost as soon as the first part appeared in this country ; for 

 it was felt at once nothing could give a stronger guarantee 



