An introduction to the study of human anatomy / by James Paxton.

  • Paxton, James, 1786-1860.
Date:
1832
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Credit: An introduction to the study of human anatomy / by James Paxton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    PREFACE OF THE AMERICAN EDITOR. The evident utility of the anatomical work of Paxton, founded on the union of graphic and ex- planatory designs, must at once be apparent to those, who, without such a guide, have experienced great difficulties in conceiving of the appearances of parts from verbal description alone. The only work on Anatomy re-published in this country, accompanied with plates, is that of Charles and John Bell, which are expensive, without being well done, and the student is obliged to turn from the book of the text to that of the plates. In these volumes of Paxton, at a moderate cost, this is obviated. The reader has, at a coup cV ceil, the representation of the part before him, with a sim- ple explanation. This work only claims to be of an elementary character, and one to be studied at the very commencement of professional reading : to serve to introduce the student to those more elaborate and excellent systems, with which our own anatomists have enriched this department.