An introduction to anatomy and physiology. For the use of medical students and men of letters / By Thomas Sandwith.

  • Sandwith, Thomas
Date:
1824
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Credit: An introduction to anatomy and physiology. For the use of medical students and men of letters / By Thomas Sandwith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Independently of these general considerations, much might be said on the advantages arising irom a knowledge of anatomy. To artists, a familiarity with the bones and muscles is in- dispensable; it may indeed be considered the foundation of their art, and the poet would find the science more available than he imagines. Homer was an anatomist, and a very good one too. There is hardly a page of the Iliad, from which a surgeon may not derive instruction. He describes the course of a wound with the skill of Machaon; and although his heroes are never wounded alike, the wounds are always scientifically mortal. As affording proofs of the being of a God, anatomy has always been the source from whence the theologist has drawn his strongest reasons; and in this respect, it is hoped, the following pages will not be found defective. It was, indeed, the contemplation of the structure and mechanism of the human hand, that produced the sublime apostrophe of Galen, which closes the present work. In another point of view, in which all are equally interested, viz. the preservation of health, the utility of the science cannot be disputed. Salutary cau- tions are conveyed to the mind by a eontem-
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