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PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. 
EDITED BY 
J. G. Garson, M.D., and Charles H. Read, F.S.A. 
Since the publication of the first edition of this Manual, in 1874, 
Anthropological Science has made such great advances that for 
some time past a second edition brought up to the requirements of 
the present time has been urgently required. 
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It has been found necessary to re-cast entirely the first part— 
Anthropography—owing to the great development of this branch 
of the science. In doing so the editor has had the assistance ol 
Dr. Beddoe, who was author of almost the entire first part of the 
former edition. Mr. George Atkinson has rendered valuable 
assistance in the production of the coloured plate, which it is 
hoped will be more permanent than that in the first edition. The 
sections on Medical Anthropology in the former edition have been 
revised and rewritten, and several new sections added; for assis¬ 
tance in this department, thanks are due to Dr. Robert Felkin. 
The second part—Ethnography—has, from its nature, not required 
such drastic treatment, but the whole has been revised and ad¬ 
ditional chapters have been written. The arrangement of the 
