Excerpt from Elements of Human Anatomy: General, Descriptive, and Practical IN adding another to the numerous list of books on anatomy already before the profession, the author claims no credit beyond that of a common observer, whose experience, in the dissecting room and amphitheatre, has suggested what he believes to be a slight improvement on the plan pursued by the majority of writers on this branch of physico-medical science. This improvement con sists, in the first place, in the union of general, descriptive, and practical anatomy in the same volume; the intention being to render it unnecessary, on the part of the student just entering upon the study, to provide himself with separate books on these different branches; secondly, in the arrangement of the section devoted to practical anatomy so as to secure the greatest possible economy of material; and lastly, in the substitution of English for Latin terms, wherever this appeared to be practicable and judicious. 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.