Excerpt from The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body, Vol. 1 of 3: Containing the Anatomy of the Bones, Muscles, and Joints; And the Heart and Arteries; And the Anatomy and Physiology of the Brain and Nerves, the Organs of the Senses, and the Viscera With these intentions and hopes, I offer this book to the public; and more particularly to those in whose education I have a chief concern not without a degree of satisfaction at having accomplished what I think cannot fail to be useful, and surely not without an ap prehension of not having done (in this wide and difficult subject) all that may be expected or wished for. Every book of this kind should form a part of some greater system of education: it should not only be eu tire in its own plan, but should be as a part of some greater whole without which support and connection, a book of science is insulated and lost. This relation and subserviency of his own particular task to some greater whole, is first in an author's mind: he ventures to look forward to its connection with the general science, and common course of education or he turns it to a correspondence and harmony with his own notions of study; and if these notions are to give the com plexion and character to any book, it should be when it is designed for those entering upon their studies, as yet uncertain where to begin, or how to proceed. 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.