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of those, the artificial propagation of which has so much 
been studied of late. 
In this, the first volume of Chauveau’s work which occu- 
pies our attention, he has embodied osteology, arthrology, 
and myology. The first and second need no comment: it is 
the anatomy of the muscles which calls for some. With 
Geoffrey Saint-Hilaire’s doctrines for his guide, and Bour- 
gelat’s nomenclature as his basis, the distinguished young 
anatomist of Lyons has ventured to change the names of 
some muscles, so as to adapt them to his philosophic views 
of anatomy in general ; and, in so doing, he has been guided 
by the fact, as he states it in his preface, that “ the form and 
the functions of organs do not offer any stability, their rela- 
tions alone are invariable ; these alone are incapable of giving- 
false indications in the comparison of the instruments of 
life.” To exemplify this, he especially mentions the glutei 
muscles, which he distinguishes as the superficial, the 
median, and the deep glutei. He thus considers, as we do, 
their relative position, with the exception of the gluteus 
maximus, which he calls the median , from its situation, which 
is constant, but its size varying widely in different animals. 
Chauveau has certainly facilitated the study of the various 
anatomical authors of his country by sometimes giving 
copious lists of synonymes. French veterinarians have 
already much mystified the subject by each having a distinct 
anatomical nomenclature. They thus positively place a great 
barrier before naturalists who resort to their works for the 
valuable instruction they contain. 
Our author’s general remarks on the muscles are followed 
by considerations on the following all-important topics : — 
“ Choice of the subject for dissection/ 5 — “ Position to be 
given to it/ 5 — “ Rules to be observed in preparing muscles . 55 
As he divides the body into regions, the preparation of each 
is more or less dwelt upon, and thus the youngest student 
can, by the aid of M. Chauveau’s illustrations, perfectly 
dissect a subject without further assistance. He is clear and 
concise, and will be found to have perfectly understood the 
subject. 
We cannot pass over this part without commenting on 
