Abstract
THE work under notice1 is designed, primarily for medical students, as a guide to a course of practical work in mammalian comparative anatomy and histology, to accompany a series of lectures on human anatomy and physiology. This broadening of the anatomy course for medical students deserves at least passing emphasis. The book, however, should be of service in a wider field. The course is specially based on the smaller mammals, such as the rabbit, guinea-pig, and white mouse, which are easily bred in the laboratory, and on such parts or organs of the larger mammals as are readily obtainable through the agency of the local slaughter-houses and abattoirs, constant reference to and comparison with the human body being made throughout. The author's choice of material for dissection certainly minimises the expense, a question of practical importance where large classes have to be catered for. The book is, therefore, eminently suitable as a textbook of junior anatomy for veterinary students. It should also be of great practical value to the university student of zoology, though it includes rather more work than can be done conveniently in an ordinary degree course. The exercises, however, admit of condensation in the form of demonstrations by the teacher, without loss of continuity to the whole. With this possible use of the book before him, the author has modified the Basle Anatomical Nomenclature as applied to human anatomy to meet the needs of the student of pure zoology. The directions are clear and concise, and the instructions on such matters of technique as injections and the preparation of sections for histological study of great practical value.
Laboratory Studies in Mammalian Anatomy.
Prof.
I. W.
Wilder
By. Pp. xi + 157. (Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son and Co., 1923.) 2 dollars net.
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Laboratory Studies in Mammalian Anatomy. Nature 113, 923 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/113923b0
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