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recognized. The following preliminary study is an at- 

 tempt to arrive at some conclusions as to the origin and 

 development of our modern anatomical literature. It is 

 presented here in anticipation of further studies along 

 these lines. 



The names of the men included in the above-mentioned 

 study are of those anatomists, or contributors to ana- 

 tomical literature, who are no longer living, and who have 

 contributed in any way to the anatomy of the vertebrates, 

 whether by practical or theoretical studies. The men of 

 all countries and all times have been listed, so far as it 

 has been possible to ascertain them. Doubtless many 

 have been overlooked because their records are in rela- 

 tively obscure places. 



The subjects represented in the present study are: 

 human anatomy, artistic anatomy, anthropology, com- 

 parative anatomy, embryologj^ histology, zoology, verte- 

 brate paleontology- and subjects of general interest 

 which bear theoretically on the morphology and evolution 

 of the vertebrates, such as Mendel 's work at Bninn, and 

 the work of Darwin, Weismann, Charles Bonnet and 

 Lamarck. It may be contended tl^at these subjects con- 

 stitute biology rather than anatomy, but biology is cer- 

 tainly the more inclusive term. We may, to be sure, speak 

 of the anatomy of the bacteria and in a sense the bac- 

 teriologist is an anatomist, but for my present purpose 

 the names of those men who have contributed to our 

 knowledge of the morphology* of the vertebrates will suf- 

 fice. One of the guides, which has been useful in select- 

 ing the names suited for the list, is that of the anatomical 

 terminology. If there are anatomical structures (such, 

 for instance, as Hesselbach's triangle) named for the 

 man, he is included, though this is by no means the only 

 guide. Those men whose writings are of a strictly taxo- 

 nomic nature are not included, unless important theo- 

 retical results have arisen from such writings, such as has 

 been the case with the taxonomic work of Lamarck, Lin- 

 naeus, Cuvier and others. 



