Manual of Human Osteology (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Manual of Human Osteology (Classic Reprint) written by A. Francis Dixon and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Manual of Human Osteology This Manual has been written for use in the Department of Practical Anatomy, and it is intended that the student, as he reads it, should have before him the parts of the skeleton described. The order in which the parts are dealt with follows a plan which has been found to work satisfactorily in practice. With regard to the vexed question of terminology it will be noticed that throughout the text the names adopted by the Basle Nomenclature Committee have been printed in black type, but that other names, in frequent use, are also given. These latter are printed in italics, or in the type used for the text. It is hoped that by this means confusion will be avoided, and that the reader will become familiar with the international names, even if, in some cases, he prefers to adhere to the older English terms. All the illustrations have been drawn by Mr. J. T. Murray, so well known as an anatomical artist, to whom I am deeply indebted for the great trouble he has taken to produce accurate and instructive figures. The drawing from an X-ray photograph of the upper end of the femur is from a photograph by Dr. W. S. Haughton, and has already been used to illustrate a paper in the Journal of Anatomy and Physiology; it is reproduced by the kind permission of the Editors of the Journal. 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.