An anatomical exposition of the structure of the human body / Translated ... by G. Douglas.

  • Winslow, Jacques-Bénigne, 1669-1760
Date:
1756
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Credit: An anatomical exposition of the structure of the human body / Translated ... by G. Douglas. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE AUTHOR’S ADVERTISEMENT. In the Year 1722, I compofed aTreatife called Fundamental Ana¬ tomy , and it was for fome Time before the Examiners appointed for that Purpofej but I afterwards withdrew it and changed it into this ; which I now publifh, which differs very much from the other, both in Method and in Length. There are a great Number of Errata, owing to the Impatience of the Publick, which would not allow me Time to revile the Proofs fo often as I fhould otherwife have done. I beg that thefe Faults may be corrected firft of all, that my Expreflions may not be miftaken, or Errors be imputed to me, of which! am not guilty. I conclude by acknowledging with fincere Gratitude, that the late M. Stem's Difcourfe on the Anatomy of the Brain, was the foie origi- ' nal Source, and general Rule of myCondudtin all that I have done in Anatomy; and I have inferted it in the Defcription of the Head, be¬ lieving that I fhould oblige my Readers by reprinting a Piece which was become very fcarce, and which contains a great many excellent Advices how to fhun Errors and difcover Truth, not only in relation to the Structure and Ufes of the Parts, but alfo in relation to the Way of difledting, and of making Anatomical Figures. i . .. . . . - * > , - V . ‘ ’’ « T II E c .r * v • - , - - . ! ..