Outlines of scientific anatomy : for students of biology and medicine / by Wilhelm Lubosch ; translated from the German by H.H. Woollard.

  • Wilhelm Lubosch
Date:
1928
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Credit: Outlines of scientific anatomy : for students of biology and medicine / by Wilhelm Lubosch ; translated from the German by H.H. Woollard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The presentation must remain an outline for the further reason that a more detailed examination of the questions raised would need a book many times the size of this. Here the question naturally arises whether a brief presentation can be scientifically justified at all. One can naturally do this only when one is sincere with oneself, and sees quite clearly where scientific fundamentals arise in question, and where in expectation of new facts we must be careful with our judgments. When this is prominent throughout and the literature is introduced, then a brief treatment of the subject appears to me possible and justified. The book, however, is not only a sketch, but in an important point imperfect. The reader would notice this deficiency even if not expressly remarked. The presentation of the anatomy and the em¬ bryology of the systems and organs demands a large space, within the framework of every course of lectures. This presentation should follow after paras. 71 and 83. It is, however, clear that a deductive presenta¬ tion of the form-principles of anatomy and embryology either demands a book for itself, or, if it had been joined to the present work, must have postponed its appearance for a long time. This addition is already planned, and I am committed to its publication. This separa¬ tion of the material could, however, be undertaken without injury to the unity of that which is now printed. It is possible that the presentation of the subject has even gained an added emphasis thereby. From what has been said, it follows that this book cannot and does not purpose to teach human anatomy as such. Its use pre¬ supposes some knowledge and study of the facts of anatomy, such as would be obtained from a good textbook, and particularly from practical work. This limitation of the book is expressed in its title. For these reasons I have been sparing in the use of illustrations. In so far as they have not been borrowed from other works with or without altera¬ tions, I have prepared the whole of them myself, and in the style which I have adopted for my lecture illustrations. They are schematic and much has been inserted in them. They are diagrammatic pictures developed from natural preparations. It was necessary to make my originals technically fit for publication. Herr Faber, the scientific draughtsman of the firm of Sturz [up to para. 71], and Herr W. Freytag, the university artist [to para. 83] , have done this admirably. Figures 57 to 64 are my own work. The literature has been extensively surveyed, and has been arranged with a double object in view. For the further investigation of any