The microscopic anatomy of the human body in health and disease (Volume 2).

  • Hassall, Arthur Hill, 1817-1894.
Date:
1855
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Credit: The microscopic anatomy of the human body in health and disease (Volume 2). 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, BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. The Microscopic Anatomy of Dr. A. H. Hassall is offered to the student in this department of Medical Science, as the only completed work on the subject in the English language. In the present edition, the introduction and additions to the text, are chiefly of a practical nature; this feature, it is hoped, will not detract from the high scientific character of the original work, but will give it some additional value for those who wish to pursue the study of minute anatomy, by the aid of the microscope. It will be observed that, in some instances, Dr. Hassall's views differ from those of other writers. Some of these views Dr. Hassall has himself modified, and made mention of the fact in the Appendix: other instances of difference have been pointed out by the editor; others, again, and these are chiefly matters of opinion on disputed points, have not been alluded to, as it did not seem desirable to extend the work, by adducing farther conflicting statements on unsettled questions. The ten Plates added to the American edition, are mostly original, and from the human subject. The drawings for these Plates were made by aid of one of Mr. Spencer's excellent microscopes, which was obligingly loaned for the purpose by Prof. C. R. Gilman. For some of the specimens illustrating certain points of anatomy which have been figured, the editor is indebted to Mr. Hett, of London, so well known to micro- scopists for his beautiful preparations of healthy and diseased structures. For other objects of value, to Drs. Neill and Goddard of Philadelphia, whose minute injections have equalled the best foreign ones. Almost all the drawings were made by Mr. W. R. Lawrence of Hartford, whose previous experience in drawing from the microscope, contributed greatly to the