Practical anatomy of the nerves and vessels supplying the head, neck and chest / [Edward Cock].

  • Cock, Edward, 1805-1892.
Date:
1835
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Credit: Practical anatomy of the nerves and vessels supplying the head, neck and chest / [Edward Cock]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ficial parts, containing the smaller branches of the vessels and nerves; and, by tracing them, he is at length guided to the more deeply-seated structures, or the roots from which those branches emanate. He then discovers that the anatomical arrangement on the subject which he is dissecting, is the re- verse of that system which he has so care- fully studied in his book; and, that in order to accommodate the one to the other, he must begin at the end of each chapter and read backwards. With the intention of obviating these diffi- culties, I have followed up the dissection of the head, neck, and chest, by dividing it into regional portions, each forming a distinct section of the work, commencing with the subcutaneous structures, and proceeding to those which are more deeply seated. In carrying out this plan, I have constantly held one main object in view; that of ren- dering the description of the vessels and
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