Practical anatomy of the rabbit : an elementary laboratory text book in mammalian anatomy / by B.A. Bensley.

  • Benjamin Arthur Bensley
Date:
1918
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    PREFACE. The preparation of the second edition of the “Anatomy of the Rabbit” has been in all respects a more satisfactory process than that of the first. For, in addition to many improvements of form, laboratory experience of many classes and grades of students has made it possible to remove defects of description as well as to correct a number of errors incidental to manuscript prepared from labor- atory notes. In the process of revision, some explanatory material has been added concerning the major functions of organs, and a number of new illustrations have been distributed through the text. The latter, especially those of organs actually seen in dis- section, have been selected, with some care, and with realization of the fact that over-illustration of a laboratory manual is likely to be disadvantageous rather than otherwise, since it is not conducive to critical examination of material, and thus does not serve the desired purpose. The aim of the book is essentially as set forth in the preface to the former edition, namely, to utilize the study of the rabbit as an introduction to the chief conceptions, terminology and technique of human anatomy; further to provide for zoological students a starting point tor comparative studies. Concerning the principles involved, that of employing an animal of comparatively high grade of organization for elementary work is adhered to now as formerly by a large body of instructors, though the reverse procedure, that of beginning with simple and even microscopic material, also has large support. Experience of recent years, however, has shown that so tar as mammalian structure at least is concerned, the merits of mammalian anatomy, as opposed to the more or less superficial dissection of a mammal, have come to be generally recognized. This is doubtless in part because of the special requirements in biological education for medical students, more especially since the subject forms a convenient and practical link in the system of graded medical instruction as between the general materials of biology and comparative anatomy, on the one hand, and the human aspects of anatomy and physiology on the other.
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