PREFACE 



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two of the most recent descriptive text-books of systematic 

 human anatomy by English writers have yet adopted this nomen- 

 clature. It is earnestly to be hoped that an advance will quickly 

 be made in this direction and that text-books will employ it uni- 

 formly. Special attention is drawn to the fact that in the fol- 

 lowing Laboratory Manual the old terms, when different from 

 the new, have been added in parentheses, so that the student 

 need never be embarrassed in finding his way even in a de- 

 scriptive text-book or atlas in which only the old terms are 

 employed. He is advised, however, when purchasing a text- 

 book to give preference to one in which the new nomenclature 

 [BNA] is consistently employed. 



Indulgence is asked for misprints and errors almost certain 

 to occur in the first edition of a work including such an enor- 

 mous number of names as is involved in a subject like human 

 anatomy. Should the Manual find enough friends to make a 

 second edition desirable, many improvements can doubtless be 

 made, and suggestions from instructors and students of anatomy 

 will be cordially welcomed. 



The Manual contains about 300 illustrations, of which a 

 special index is given. The drawings and plates represent in 

 a very satisfactory way the most important structures of the 

 body. These illustrations have been chosen to serve as a valu- 

 able atlas to students who feel that they cannot afford to buy 

 one of the more expensive atlases like those of Spalteholz and 

 Toldt. On the other hand, students who own Spalteholz 's At- 

 las, the one especially recommended for use in connection with 

 this Manual, will find that the illustrations have been selected 

 with the special aim of supplementing those of Spalteholz, and 

 that they will prove a valuable addition to the latter. 



The Anatomical Atlas of Toldt, from which many of the 

 illustrations in this Manual have been borrowed, can be very 

 highly recommended; every student who can afford to do so 

 should purchase it for his library. 



CHICAGO, October 1, 1904. 



