30 INTRODUCTION 



To prevent smudging of soft pencil work, the drawings may 

 be " fixed" by spraying them lightly with a fixative, such as 

 bleached shellac dissolved in absolute alcohol or the regular 

 solution that may be obtained, together with a spray-pipe, from 

 dealers in artists' supplies. 



BOOKS. 



In addition to this Laboratory Manual, the student of gross 

 human anatomy is advised to provide himself with certain neces- 

 sary text-books, concerning which he should consult his in- 

 structor. In the University of Chicago the following are recom- 

 mended : 



(1) A good atlas of the human body, preferably W. Spalteholz's " Hand 



Atlas of Human Anatomy" (Barker's translation), or C. Toldt's 

 " Anatomischer Atlas." 



(2) A good systematic text-book of human anatomy, preferably (at time 



of writing) the " Systematic Text-Book of Human Anatomy" 

 edited by D. J. Cunningham or Quain's " Elements of Anatomy" 

 edited by Schafer and Thane. 



(3) A text-book of embryology, preferably (at present) McMurrich's 



"Human Embryology" or C. S. Minot's "Embryology" or (if 

 the student can read German) J. Kollmann's " Lehrbuch der 

 Entwickelungsgeschichte des Menschen." 



(4) A text-book on neurology, preferably Barker's "The Nervous Sys- 



tem and its Constituent Neurones," or Van Gehuchten's text-book 

 if a French, or Obersteiner's or Edinger's if a German, author be 

 desired. 



LIBKARY. 



Students beginning to study medicine often have difficulty in 

 learning how to use libraries and how to find the bibliography 

 of a subject in which they are interested. Each student should 

 at the earliest opportunity request an instructor or a librarian 

 to teach him how to use the " Index-Catalogue of the Surgeon- 

 General's Library 77 and the " Index Medicus," the keys to medi- 

 cal literature. For convenience, a list of some of the more 

 important reference-books and journals to be consulted in con- 

 nection with anatomical studies is here inserted. The student 

 will find these books and journals in the college library. If any 

 of them are lacking, he should use his influence to have them 

 added to the library collection as soon as possible. The list is 

 by no means exhaustive, but includes some of the books and 

 journals likely to be frequently consulted; it does not consider 

 the literature of microscopic anatomy and histology. 



