The anatomy of the fœtal brain : with a comparative exposition of its structure in animals / By Frédéric Tiedmann ... Tr. from the French of A. J. L. Jourdan, by William Bennett, M. D. To which are added, some late observations on the influence of the sanguineous system over the development of the nervous system in general. Illustrated by fourteen engravings.

  • Tiedemann, Friedrich, 1781-1861.
Date:
1826
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    that the sole, the principal object of this science, is merely to describe the organs, to unveil their structure, and to draw from these notions conclusions applicable to me- dicine and surgery, that it never can aspire to the rank of a true science, until it com- prises the history and laws of the formation of the animal body. To acquire such a knowledge, we must be guided by the ana- tomy of animals and of the foetus, which alone can unveil to us the curious facts of the gradual multiplication of the organs, their de- velopement, their successive complication, and the relative degree of their importance in the support of life. This vast field of research has been left entirely to the Moderns, and I feel myself called on, as Professor of Anatomy, to apply all my zeal to the solution of this grand problem. I now publish the results of my researches for many years on the brain of the foetus, and which may furnish the sub- ject of a chapter in the history of the forma- tion of man. I have added a comparative