PREFACE 



During recent years the feeling that there was room for a book in English 

 dealing with the anatomy of the dog has been steadily gaining ground. Doubt- 

 less, in the opinion of many, the gap can be adequately filled only by a systematic 

 treatise similar to the classic ' Anatomie des Hundes ' of Ellenberger and Baum. 

 Until some such work makes its appearance, perhaps the present publication 

 may serve as a temporary means of supplying the deficiency. 



For several reasons it was decided to introduce the subject of canine 

 anatomy to the English reader in the form of short notes planned to aid him in 

 his desire to obtain first-hand knowledge by dissection. Herein are given 

 directions which experience has shown will help the student to display the 

 various organs and structures in an orderly and profitable manner. The 

 descriptions which follow are purposely given in the briefest possible form, 

 in order that the dissection of the whole animal may be accomplished within 

 a reasonable length of time. 



While primarily intended for the guidance of the student who proposes 

 to join the ranks of a profession which already contains a fair number of special- 

 ists whose work necessitates a close knowledge of the anatomy of the dog, 

 it is hoped that these notes may be of some service to the student of comparative 

 anatomy who wishes to gain an acquaintance with the structure of an easily 

 obtained mammal. 



The nomenclature herein employed is that which may be called the Baden 

 and Stuttgart modification of the B.N.A. of the human anatomist ; and, if 

 not perfect, is infinitely better than the nondescript nomenclature, crowded 

 with synonyms, formerly found in works on comparative anatomy. 



My thanks are due to my colleague, Mr. W. M. Mitchell, M.R.C.V.S., for 

 assistance in many directions ; and to the publishers for the cordial manner in 

 which they have met my suggestions. 



0. CHARNOCK BRADLEY. 



Edinburgh : June 1912. 



