Human anatomy (Volume 1).

  • Quain, Jones, 1796-1865.
Date:
1849
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    been abridged from a special treatise published by one of the Editors. In the remainder of the work, including the description of the Brain, Nerves, and Organs of the Senses, the Heart, with the Digestive, Respiratory, Urinary, and Generative Organs, little or nothing remains of the former editions. The Surgical Anatomy, which has been introduced partly in con- nexion with the history of the principal arteries and partly at the end of the work, has likewise been written for the present edition. In editing the work, the different parts have been apportioned in the following manner, viz.: the General Anatomy to Dr. Sharpey, with the Descriptive Anatomy of the Brain, the Heart, the Organs of Respiration, Voice, Digestion, Urine, and Generation; and to Mr. Quain, the remaining portion of the Descriptive Anatomy, compre- hending the Bones, Muscles, Articulations, Fasciae, Vessels, Nerves, and Organs of the Senses, as well as the Surgical Anatomy of the different regions. In a part of their labours, the Editors have availed themselves of the aid of their Junior Colleagues in the Anatomical Department of University College, viz., Mr. Ellis, the late Mr. Potter, and Mr. Marshall. The Description of the Nerves is, in great part, due to Mr. Ellis, who has devoted much attention to the prosecution of this branch of Anatomy. Mr. Potter afforded his aid in the account of the Fascise and Organs of Sense. By the assistance of Mr. Marshall, Dr. Sharpey has been relieved of much of the labour required for the execution of his share of the Descriptive Anatomy; in the preparation of which, while free use has been made of existing systematic works the notes of his lectures have, for the most part, served as a basis. But while they willingly concede to their colleagues a full share of any merit which may be found in those portions of the work in which they were respectively engaged, the Editors assume to themselves the whole of the responsibility. A large number of Engravings on wood have been added to those which appeared in preceding editions. When copied from any other