A description of the arteries of the human body : reduced to tables / by Adolphus Murray, M.D. R. and O. professor of anatomy and surgery at Upsal ; translated from the original by Archibald Scott.

  • Murray, Adolph, 1751-1803.
Date:
1816
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Credit: A description of the arteries of the human body : reduced to tables / by Adolphus Murray, M.D. R. and O. professor of anatomy and surgery at Upsal ; translated from the original by Archibald Scott. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE. \^7hile Professor Murray's Description of the Arteries (Published at Up sal in 1798) is not inferior in minuteness and accuracy to those of Haller, Sabatier, and Meyer, it far exceeds them with respect to conciseness, clearness, and arrangement. It is divided into two Sections: the first, comprehending the branches from the Arch; the second, the branches from the Descending Aorta. In both Sections, the First, Second, and Third, and all the succeeding series of arteries, are, when de- scribed, either distinguished by peculiar marks, or printed in a different character. The reader, there- fore, can easily perceive, by a glance of the eye, to what series an artery belongs; and may, if he choose, peruse the description of any particular series of branches independently of the rest. The fulness and accuracy of the description; the decided superiority of arrangement; the facility with which it may be consulted; and the numerous advantages it presents to students of anatomy— were thought, with other motives, sufficient induce-