The comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals / by A. Chauveau ; second edition, revised and enlarged, with the co-operation of S. Arloing.

  • Fleming George, 1833-1901.
Date:
1873
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Credit: The comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals / by A. Chauveau ; second edition, revised and enlarged, with the co-operation of S. Arloing. 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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    has beou already so thoroughly accomplished by very zealous aud i)ro- ficient anatomists. In selecting for translation the present treatise in preference to other works which are justly held in high estimation, I was influenced not only by the knowledge that it was written by one of the most talented com- pai-ative anatomists aud physiologists of the day, but by the ability and originality which are so conspicuous in every page. I was also aware that, for more than a century, the French veterinary schools have been celebriitvd for the careful and thorough manner in which anatomy has been taught by most efficient teachers, who are all selected by open com- petition ; and that Professor Chauveau's book was the approved dissection manual of these and other Continental schools. Excellent as was the first edition of the work, the second is still more complete; indeed it may be said to be almost a new book, owing to the assistance afibrded by M. Arloing, an anatomist who promises to assume a high rank in his profession. The French treatise is illustrated by three hundred and sixty-eight wood- cuts, but for several reasons it was deemed advisable to select only one hundred and seventy-three from this number : those rejected being chiefly human figures, and either far larger than was necessary or compatible with the space at disposal, or not so well suited for such a work as I was intent on producing. Nearly sixty original figures have been added to those selected; and through the courtesy and liberality of Messrs. J. and A. Churchill, the total number has been increased to four hundred and fifty. The profuseness and general excellence of these di-awings, and their great accuracy, will, it is hoped, materially lessen the fatigue and time demanded for the study of this most important subject, and prove valuable for reference to the operator or busy practitioner. No labour or pains have been spared to make the work the most complete and useful of any that has been produced. The best treatises in German, French, and Italian have been consulted in editing it, and when necessary, I have added to the descriptions. These additions are contained within brackets, thus ( ). As my task has been accomplished without any aid, I assume the entii-e responsibility for any errors of omission or commission that may exist; my aim being to furnish what has been an urgent desideratum for very many years—a complete dissection manual for the student of veterinary science, a book of reference for the veterinary surgeon, and a work that might be available for the zoologist, comparative anatomist, ethnologist, and medical practitioner. I have for a long time believed that the two branches of medicine—human aud animal—should be more closely allied than they are at present, and that this alliance can only be efiected by a mutual study aud recognition of the facts which prove that the two are really one—wide apart though they have hitherto been kept in this country—and that each is capable of conferring on the other great and lasting benefits. Hence my retaining what constitutes a new feature