Excerpt from An Illustrated Encyclopaedic Medical Dictionary, Vol. 1: Being a Dictionary of the Technical Terms Used by Writers on Medicine and the Collateral Sciences, in the Latin, English, French, and German Languages Professor Bronson undertook the departments of cutaneous and venereal diseases, including the special anatomy and physiology of the skin and the genito-urinary organs. Dr. Bull took charge of the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of _the organs of sight and hearing. Dr.' Coe dealt with the greater part of general physiology and with the anatomy of the central nervous system. Dr. Currier was charged with general pathology (non-surgical) and with the theory and practice of medicine. In addition to this share in the preliminary work, he also spent a year in assisting in the final revision. Dr. Duane undertook the subjects of chemistry, botany, zoology (in part), and pharmacology (in part). Besides the enormous labor involved in his treatment of these branches, his continued assistance in the final revision has placed the author under a debt of gratitude which, it is impossible to express in words. His original work in the branches mentioned was so comprehensive and exact that it scarcely needed editorial revision. In the final preparation of the manuscript for the entire work, Dr. Duane kindly undertook everything relating to the Oriental languages, and through out he has materially assisted in the laborious work of proof-reading. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.