Handbook of physiology / by W. D. Halliburton.

  • Kirkes, William Senhouse, 1823-1864.
Date:
1909
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Credit: Handbook of physiology / by W. D. Halliburton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to mention in particular those of Dr Head and his colleagues on the conducting paths in the central nervous system, of Professor Einthoven on the string galvanometer, and of Professor Sehafer in the recently issued new edition of Quain's Anatomy. The insertion of fresh material in a book which deals with a science which is for ever increasing its boundaries is a task of no great difficulty, although it involves some judiciousness in selection. The real difficulty arises in determining what shall be deleted, in order that the book may still be kept within its present limits of size. I trust, however, that I have also been successful in over- coming this difficulty. The portions which deal with histology pure and simple have been the parts which I have shortened most. There are now so many excellent text-books on Histology at the student's command, that it is unnecessary to retain in a physiological text- book more than is absolutely essential for the comprehension of the body's functions. I do not agree with many physiologists of the present day on the advisability of a complete divorce between physiology and histology; although as specialisation in the sciences advances I quite see that no single text-book can attempt to be even a condensed encyclopaedia of the many branches of learning which are intertwined with physiology. Embryology also at one time was wholly under the physiological wing, but as it has expanded it has become more and more a province of Anatomy. I have, however, after considerable hesitation decided to retain in somewhat shortened form the chapter on embryology, not merely for old association's sake, but because the connection between development in some of its aspects and function is an obvious one. W. D. HALLIBUKTON. King's College, London, 1909.