Human Anatomy. A Complete Systematic Treatise by Various Authors, Including a Special Section on Surgical and Topographical Anatomy.

Abstract

It might seem on first thought that the frequent revision of a work on such an apparently fixed subject as anatomy would not be required, but such is not the case. Not only are many new points in the finer anatomy constantly coming out, but our comprehension of the meaning of many anatomic facts change with increasing knowledge of embryology, comparative anatomy, etc. Methods of teaching also undergo changes, so that it is as essential that a work on anatomy, in order to be modern, should be subjected to revision almost as frequently as text-books on other subjects. In this, the third edition, we notice many changes, noticeably the addition of a number of new illustrations, both colored and diagrammatic, which facilitate materially the study of this, to students, usually dry subject. The sections on surgical and topographic anatomy and on vestigial and abnormal structures are particularly interesting and instructive