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The Dublin dissector or manual of anatomy / By R. Harrison.

  • Harrison, Robert, 1796-1858.
Date:
1847
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The Dublin dissector or manual of anatomy / By R. Harrison. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    so extended that the chief difficulty I have experienced has been to condense into a reasonable and convenient compass all the important parts of such a very extensive and varied subject. I have not abridged any portions of the former editions, but have added to, and altered most; I have also corrected many errors and inaccuracies which escaped my observation in the original. I have in- troduced much new matter, particularly on General or Structural Anatomy, also on the Nervous System and on the Organs of Sense. The whole work has been revised with much care, and may indeed be said to have been re-written; and I trust it will be found to contain a tolerably correct and complete, though condensed, view of the most important details of human descriptive anatomy. I have also, in the present edition, illustrated the descriptions by numerous Engravings, according to the plan now so generally adopted by writers on anatomy, as wellas on other descriptive or demonstrative sciences. For the selection, arrangement, and descriptions of the wood-cuts I am indebted to Dr. John Hill, late Demon- strator of Anatomy in the Park-street School of Medi- eine, who has devoted much time and trouble to this task. Many. of the cuts are from original drawings by Mr. Du Noyer, and a considerable number are reduced copies, by that artist, of engravings in the standard works of the present day. In the preparation of this work, the great object I have always held in view has been to direct the student in the manner best adapted to facilitate his inquiries; in the descriptive details, therefore, I have prefaced * n