Elements Of The Comparative Anatomy Of The Vertebrate Animals Designed Especially For The Use Of Students PDF Download

Excerpt from Elements of the Comparative Anatomy of the Vertebrate Animals: Designed Especially for the Use of Students The want of some good elementary work in our own language, at least of one that, within a small compass and reasonable price, should express the amount of our knowledge upon the Anatomy of the several classes of Vertebrate Animals, was the chief inducement to my undertaking the translation of the present work, in the selection of which I was encouraged by the very favorable light in which Dr. Rudolph Wagner had been already made known to the Medical Profession through his "Elements of Physiology," so ably edited by Dr. Willis. The thorough practical knowledge which he possesses of his subject, combined with the clearness and brevity of his style, render indeed his works the very best introductions that are extant to the sciences of Physiology and Comparative Anatomy. "The Lehrbuch der Zootomie," of Dr. Wagner, having lately arrived at a second edition in Germany, has given the Author an opportunity of thoroughly remodelling the work, and introducing those improvements which time, experience, and more extended knowledge, have suggested to him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.