Heredity, health and personal beauty / by John V. Shoemaker.

Date:
1890
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Credit: Heredity, health and personal beauty / by John V. Shoemaker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    r: JUST ISSUED. PHYSICIANS’ AND STUDENTS’ READY-REFERENCE SERIES. 3STo. 3. Synopsis of Human Anatomy: Being a Complete Compend of Anatomy, including the Anatomy of the Viscera, and Numerous Tables. BY JAMES K. YOUNG, M.D., Instructor in Orthopaedic Surgery and Assistant Demonstrator of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, Out-Patient Department, University Hospital, etc. ILLUSTRATED WITH 76 WOOD-ENGRAVINGS. 390 PAGES. 12mo. HANDSOMELY BOUND IN DARK-BLUE CLOTH. Price, Post-paid, in the United States and Cana,da, $1.40, net; Great Britain, 6s. 6d.; France, 9 fr. 26. While the author has prepared this work especially for students, sufficient de- scriptive matter has been added to render it extremely valuable to the busy practitioner, particularly the sections on the Viscera, Special Senses, and Surgical Anatomy. The work includes a complete account ot Osteology, Articulations and Ligaments. Muscles, Fascias, Vascular and Nervous Systems, Alimentary,-Vocal, and Respiratory and Genito-Urinary Apparatuses, the Organs of Special Sense, and Surgical Anatomy. In addition to a most carefully and accurately prepared text, wherever possible, the value of the work has been enhanced by tables to facilitate and minimize the labor of students in acquiring a thorough knowledge of this impor- tant subject. The section on the teeth has also been especially prepared to meet the requirements of students of Dentistry. In its preparation, Gray’s Anatomy [last edition], edited by Keen, being the anatomical work most used, has been taken as the standard. Anatomy is a theme that allows such concen- tration better than most medical subjects, and, as the accuracy of this little book is beyond question, its value is assured. As a companion to the dis- secting-table, and a convenient reference for the practitioner, it has a definite field of usefulness.— Pittsburgh Medical Review. This is a very carefully prepared compend of anatomy, and will be useful to students for college or hospital examination. There are some excellent tables in the work, particularly the one showing the origin, course, dirtribution, and functions of the cranial nerves.—Medical Record. Dr. Young has compiled a very useful book. We are not inclined to approve of compends as a general rule, but it certainly serves a good purpose to have the subject of anatomy presented in a com- pact, reliable way, and in a book easily carried to the dissecting-room. This the author has done. The book is well printed, and the illustrations well selected. If a student can indulge in more than one work on anatomy,—fqr, of course, he must have a general treatise on the subject,—he can hardly do better than to purchase this compend It will save the larger work, and can always be with him during the hours of dissection.—Buffalo Medical and Surgical Journal. Excellent tables have been arranged, which tersely and clearly present important anatomical facts, and the book will be found very convenient for ready reference.—Columbus Medical Journal. The book is much more satisfactory than the “remembrances” in vogue, and yet is not too cum- bersome to be carried around and read at odd moments—a property which the student will readily appreciate.— Weekly Medical Review. If a synopsis of human anatomy may serve a purpose, and we believe it does, it is very important that the synopsis should be a good one. In this respect the above work may be recommended as a reliable guide. Dr. Young has shown excellent judgment in his selection of illustrations, in the numerous tables, and in the classification of the various subjects. — Therapeutic Gazette. Every unnecessary word has been excluded, out ! of regard to the very limited time at the medical student’s disposal. It is also good as a reference book, as it presents the facts about which he wishes j to refresh his memory in the briefest manner consistent with clearness.—New York Medical | Journal It is certainly concise and accurate, and should ! be in the hands of every student and practitioner.— ! The Medical Brief.