Handbook of physiology / by W.D. Halliburton.

  • William Dobinson Halliburton
Date:
1919
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    PREFACE • • • Vlll confusion. In the names of the tracts, etc., in the Central Nervous System, which have been completely revised, confusion is likely to be especially troublesome, though here again such well-rooted expres¬ sions as cerebral cortex, pyramidal tract, Sylvian fissure, anterior and posterior cornua, columns of white matter, etc., will no doubt survive the attempts made to supplant them. The labour of inserting the B.N.A. names after the old ones has been much lightened for me by Mr Joseph M. Craig, one of the senior students under Professor Waterston at St Andrews University. To him and to Prof. Waterston, who has supervised the work, I tender my hearty thanks. W. D. HALLIBURTON. King’s College, London, 1917. PREFACE TO THE FOURTEENTH EDITION The short time that has elapsed since the last edition was published has rendered extensive alterations unnecessary. The numerous small improvements and additions now introduced are mainly the result of suggestions by kindly reviewers. The new chapter on War Diet placed for convenience in an appendix is a simple statement on present day necessities, which all will hope will not be a permanent feature of the book. It may possibly interest a wider circle than the medical students who form the bulk of my usual readers. In reference to the B.N.A. nomenclature referred to in the preceding preface, it is interesting to record that the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland has unanimously adopted the following resolution of its Committee on Nomenclature:— “ The Committee, after consideration of the matter, unanimously reports that it sees no reason for departing from the use of the old nomenclature as the recognised medium of description for employ¬ ment in anatomical text-books and departments, and by medical men in general; on the other hand it thinks that there are very good reasons to be urged against the adoption of any other nomen¬ clature for this purpose/’ W. D. HALLIBURTON King’s College, London, September 1918.
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