Author: Joseph Leidy

Publisher:

Published: 2015-06-29

Total Pages: 676

ISBN-13: 9781330486627

Excerpt from An Elementary Treatise on Human Anatomy As indicated by its title, the present work is intended as an elementary treatise on human anatomy, and is not an elaborate system adapted to the use of those who have already advanced in anatomical knowledge. The author has attempted to prepare such a book as he feels would have been of service to himself in the commencement of his studies, and he hopes it may be found worthy of the approbation of students, for whom, and by whose frequent solicitation, it was written. Much of the difficulty, of which we hear constant complaint, in the acquisition and retention of anatomical knowledge, arises from an excessive, and, in some other respects, objectionable nomenclature. Not only has' the naming of comparatively unimportant parts been carried to an extreme, but, in numerous instances, the same parts are designated by a multitude of names, which are indiscriminately used by different writers. The nomenclature of anatomy has been founded on no particular system; the names having been chosen, according to the fancy of anatomists, from the shape, function, or supposed resemblance of the part, or in commemoration of the original investigator. 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.