PREFACE 



Every teacher who has had experience with classes in Anatomy appre- 

 ciates the difficulties that confront the student in his attempt to dissect 

 any portion of the body with only his text-book of Descriptive Anatomy, 

 for a guide. The present "Guide" has been prepared in the hope of assist- 

 ing students in the dissection of the blood-vessels and nerves " of the pec- 

 toral and pelvic limbs. A knowledge of the muscles is presupposed. In 

 our experience, we have found it most desirable that, upon the completion 

 of a part, the student should demonstrate his dissection to the instructor 

 in charge. By no other means can the student be brought to realize 

 more clearly the vast difference between studying and knowing the actual 

 object itself and the mere memorizing the description of it as given in 



his text -book. 



G. S. H. 



