A manual of human microscopic anatomy / by A. Kolliker.

  • Kölliker, Albert, 1817-1905.
Date:
1860
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    the German original. I was, therefore, obliged to abandon all idea of publishing the work in that condition. A complete revision of the manuscript, which almost amounted to a remodelling of the translation, was, however, undertaken by Dr. George Buchanan and another friend in England; and^these gentlemen have done their part in a manner which merits my warmest thanks. The work which I now present to the English medical public is, in the main, a condensed version of the second German edition (of 1855) of my Handbucli der Geioehelelire ; but every material addition that has been made to Human Microscopical Anatomy, up to the present date, will be found incorporated in it. The book is, therefore, brought well up to the third German edition, that of 1859. It has been my aim to adapt this Manual alike to the require- ments of the Medical Practitioner and of the Student: I trust, however, that the professed Histologist will not miss from it any essential matter, although of course the book is not intended to supersede the studj^ of memoirs on special subjects. Although England may boast of many labourers of the highest distinction in the province of Microscopical Anatomy, and although this subject, among others, is treated in a most masterly way in several important English works — I need but to instance the Anatomy of Quain and Sharpey, and the Physiological Anatomy of Todd and Bowman — still there is as yet no work in English scientific literature devoted wholly and exclusively to the detailed treatment of the Textural Anatomy of Man, as at present known. Considering, therefore, the great and acknowledged importance of this study in relation to Practical Medicine and Physiology, I venture to hope that my book may meet with a favourable reception and a friendly criticism. Should this be the case,