Copy 1, Volume 1
Lectures on comparative anatomy / Translated from the French ... by William Ross; under the inspection of James Macartney.
- Georges Cuvier
- Date:
- 1802
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Lectures on comparative anatomy / Translated from the French ... by William Ross; under the inspection of James Macartney. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![ties to thofe which already vd ref] ais the fame facts. He I mutt alfo obferve, that this hi tion of cita- tions as to the facts I have had the opportunity of proving myfelf, and which I have frequently demonftrated publicly in my clafs, or the proofs : of which are depofited in the Anatomical Col- lection.of the Mufeum, arofe from the confider- ation, that thefe public demonftrations and ex- pofitions rendered ail other authorities unnecef- : fary, and not from my negligence in inquiring what others had performed before me. I believe T have not remained far behind. my predeceffors : in many cafes I have found it more eafy .to re- fort to Nature, than to endeavour to explain the . obfcure and unfatisfactory defcriptions of fome moderns, or to fpend my time in bringing to ‘Hght a few valuable obfervations, which he bu- ried amidft the difcuffions of fcholaftic philo- fophy, which fill the pages of the authors of the fixteenth century : but this method, which re- lieves me from the neceflity of having recourfe to compilation, I regard as am advantage, pro- cured to me by my fortunate fituation, and by - Ro means as a ground of cenfure. : F ‘I have, befides, been more particularly dif. fuaded from ufing foreign materials, by obfervz ing the imperfect works which fôme eftimable. authors, who wanted the means of obfervation, At have](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33088536_0001_0038.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
