

PREFACE TO FIFTH EDITION 



VL 



this the fifth edition of Professor Cunningham's Manual of 

 Practical Anatomy the first edition which has appeared since his 

 death the editor has attempted to retain the essential features of 

 a book which is neither a text-book of anatomy nor a mere 

 description of the methods to be adopted for the satisfactory 

 dissection of the different regions of the body. In a sense it is a 

 combination of the two which avoids minuteness of detail, in- 

 dispensable in a text-book, whilst at the same time it endeavours 

 to be a reliable guide for those who desire to obtain a knowledge 

 and comprehension of human anatomy which will be of practical 

 use in the ordinary course of their professional work. 



The present edition differs from those which have preceded it 

 in two important respects. Some of the plans of dissection have 

 been changed and the Basle anatomical nomenclature has been 

 adopted throughout. 



In Vol. I. the plans of dissection which have been either 

 entirely altered or greatly modified are those dealing with the 

 dissections of the axilla, the abdomen and the pelvis, and the 

 changes have been made with the object of bringing the methods 

 of dissection more into line with the necessities of present-day 

 operative procedure, that is, with the object of displaying the parts 

 in a sequence which shall be introductory to the study of the 

 anatomical details of clinical diagnosis and operative work. 



All the dissections described have been performed repeatedly and 

 successfully, in the dissecting-rooms of the University of Edinburgh, 

 by students dissecting the parts for the first time ; and the new 

 figures illustrating the various stages of the dissection of the abdomen 

 have been drawn from dissections made by students preparing, in 

 the ordinary way, for their professional examination in anatomy. 



Other plans were tried before those which are described were 

 finally adopted ; and I am greatly indebted to my first and second 

 assistants, Dr. E. B. Jamieson and Mr. T. B. Johnston, and to Pro- 

 fessor R. B. Thomson of the South African College, Capetown, 

 formerly my second assistant, for their loyal help and valuable 

 suggestions during the progress of the work. I am also indebted 

 to Messrs. O. Blackley, S. J. Linzell, M. Barseghian, R. C. Rogers, 

 and F. M. Halley, for the skilful help, so willingly given, in the 

 preparation of the dissections from which new drawings have been 

 made, and to Mr. J. T. Murray, for the drawings, which fully 

 sustains the reputation he has gained as a delineator and 

 interpreter of anatomical subjects. 



The reasons for the adoption of the Basle anatomical nomen- 

 clature are mainly CtynPir^tto and chiefly, because it is more 



