Excerpt from An Eclectic Treatise on the Practice of Medicine: Embracing the Pathology of Inflammation and Fever, With Its Classification and Treatment The osseous system of man is shown by those derived from the Eastern hecatombs, as mummies, some of which are at least three thousand years old, not to be different from what it is now. We find the same number of bones as at present, and for them much the same composition, except in those perish able products which have been dissipated in the process of decay. In a word, the anatomy of man was, a thousand years ago, as it is to-day, and if his muscles are less developed it follows as a result of non-exercise, etc. In this way man has been anatomically modified, but' his type is the same. Every vital process has always been executed as at present, the cells. 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.