Surgical Anatomy. A Treatise on Human Anatomy, in its Application to the Practice of Medicine and Surgery.

The appearance of this first volume of an extensive treatise will be welcomed by all students of the intricate branch of medicines which is here treated. That this work has been twelve years in preparation indicates that the author has not undertaken the task of presenting the work without sufficient foundation and this is also an evidence of its practical value. The book is devoted to surgical anatomy in its strict application, and therefore the treatment of injuries due to trauma receives no attention, save that the methods employed in performing amputation, incision, stretching of the nerves and ligature of blood-vessels are mentioned. Its principal value will be derived by the student of anatomy who wishes to have presented to the mind's eye the preservation of form and the relationship of the structures which go to form the human body. Few books published do this as well as the work