Guide To The Dissection Of The Horse

Author : John McFadyean
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330295687
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (956 download)

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Download or read book The Anatomy of the Horse written by John McFadyean and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-14 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Anatomy of the Horse: A Dissection Guide The want of an illustrated topographical treatise on equine anatomy has, in the experience of the author, been a great barrier to the efficient teaching of that all-important branch of veterinary education. In this work the object of the author has been to place in the hands of veterinary students a dissection guide comparable, in some degree, to the text-books at the service of the practical student of human anatomy. The order of dissection laid down is that which the author has found to be most advantageous, and he has attempted to describe with accuracy and moderate fulness the different organs as they present themselves in that order. This description is largely supplemented by the illustrations, which are so complete that almost every organ in the body is delineated. The majority of these illustations are original, being faithful portraits of the author's own dissections. It is hoped that they will prove useful to the student, in the first place, as a plan and a guide in his work, and, secondly, as a means by which he may afterwards summon up a mental picture of his own dissections. While the book is specially designed for use in the dissecting-room, the author ventures to hope that it may also be serviceable to the veterinary practitioner. Special care has been taken in portraying those regions that possess a surgical interest, and the illustrations furnish a ready means by which the surgeon may refresh his memory regarding the objects to be met in the course of an operation. The greater number of the original drawings were made in the dissecting-room of the Royal (Dick's) Veterinary College, by Mr J. Bayne, artist; a few were executed by Mr R. S. Reid, artist; and the remainder by Mr R. H. Potts, veterinary student. A few of the illustrations were directly drawn on stone by Messrs W. & A. K. Johnston. To all of these gentlemen the author is much indebted for the clearness and fidelity with which they have delineated the various objects. The source of each of the borrowed illustrations is duly acknowledged elsewhere, but the author is constrained to make special mention of those from the systematic text-book of Professor Chauveau, who generously consented to the copying of as many of his figures as might be thought useful for this work. 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.