LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. solitary Gland of the Small Intestine. 167. Position and Curvatures of the Large Intestine. 169. Concave Surface of the Liver, showing its Lobes FIG. 161. Front View of the Stomach, with Peritoneal Coat turned off 162. Vertical and Longitudinal Section of the Stomach and Duodenum 163. Cells of the Mucous Membrane of the Human Stomach 164. Muscular Coat of the Ileum 165. 166. Patch of Peyer's Glands. 168. The Cæcum, dried and laid open 170. Portal Canal and Portal Vein, with Hepatic Artery and Duct 174. Right Kidney and its Supra-Renal Capsule 175. A Section of the Kidney, surmounted by the Supra-Renal Capsule 176. Plan of the Renal Circulation 177. Urinary Organs, in situ . 178. Lumbar and Sacral Plexuses 179. Abdominal side of the Diaphragm 414 418 180. Bladder and Urethra of a Man, laid open 181. Longitudinal Section of the Bladder, Prostate Gland, and Penis 182. The Glans Penis 183. A Section of the Corpora Cavernosa and Corpus Spongiosum 184. Transverse Section of the Testicle 185. Minute Structure of the Testis 186. Posterior Aspect of the Male Bladder, showing its Muscular Coat 189. Diagram of the Iliac Arteries and their Branches 190. Arteries of the Pelvis and Thigh 192. A diagram of the Formation and Branches of the Sacral Plexus 193. Muscles of the Perineum of the Male 450 458 194. Superficial and Deep Arteries of the Perineum 459 461 196. Structures contained between the two Layers of the Deep Perineal Fascia 198. Side View of the Viscera of the Pelvis, showing the distribution of the Perineal and Pelvic Fasciæ 470 199. Transverse Vertical Section of the Pelvis, showing the distribution of the Pelvic Fascia 201. Uterus, Ovaries, Fallopian Tubes, Round Ligaments, Vagina, and 479 FIG. PAGE 202. Erectile Structures of the External Organs of Generation in the Female 480 203. Muscles of the Perineum in the Female. 481 204. Posterior View of the Uterus and its Appendages 205. Vertical Section of the Female Pelvis and Viscera 484 486 206. Anterior and Inner Aspect of the Thigh, showing the course and branches of the Femoral Artery 490 207. Plan of the Cutaneous Nerves on the Front of the Thigh 491 208. Saphenous Opening in the Fascia Lata, Internal Saphenous Vein, etc. 211. Muscles of the Anterior Femoral Region 502 212. Anterior Crural Nerve and Branches 503 213. Front View of the Femoral Artery and Primitive and External Iliacs 214. Deep-seated Muscles on the inside of the Thigh 506 508 215. Muscles of the Gluteal and Posterior Femoral Regions. 512 216. Deep-seated Muscles on the Posterior Part of the Hip-Joint 513 217. Arteries on the Back of the Buttock, Thigh, and Ham 515 218. Branches of the Sacral Plexus-to the Hip and Back of the Thigh 221. Side View of the Ligaments of the Pelvis and Hip-Joint 523 222. Posterior View of the Bodies of three Dorsal Vertebra and their Inter vertebral substance 526 . 223. A Lumbar Vertebra and horizontal Section of Intervertebral Substance 224. Vertical Section of two Vertebræ and their Intervertebral Substance. 225. Front View of two Lumbar Vertebræ and their Intervertebral Substance 226. Internal View of the Arches of three Vertebræ, showing the Ligamenta Sub-flava 227. Anterior View of the Ligaments connecting the Atlas, the Axis, and the Occipital Bone 228. Posterior Ligaments of the Occipito-atloid, and Atlanto-axoid Articulations 229. Upper Part of the Vertebral Canal, with the Occipito-axoid Ligament. 230. Posterior View of the Ligaments connecting the Atlas, the Axis, and the Occipital Bone 532 233. Section of the Pelvis, showing its Ligaments and Sacro-sciatic Foramina 234. Plan of the Cutaneous Nerves on the Posterior Aspect of the Left Leg 235. Internal Popliteal Nerve and some of its Branches on the Right Leg 236. Superficial Muscles of the Posterior Aspect of the Leg. 237. Internal Popliteal and Posterior Tibial Nerves in the Ham and the Back of the Leg 238. Arteries in the Popliteal Space of the Right Leg 240. Arteries and Deep-seated Veins on the Back of the Right Leg . 561 FIG. PAGE 241. Deep Layer of Muscles of the Posterior Tibial Region of the Left Leg 565 242. Plan of the Cutaneous Nerves on the forepart of the Leg, and the Dorsum of the Foot 243. Superficial Veins of the Front of the Right Leg 569 570 244. Muscles of the Anterior Tibial Region and Dorsum of the Foot 215. Anterior Tibial Artery and its Branches 248. The Musculo-Cutaneous and the Anterior Tibial Nerve 580 219. First Layer of Muscles in the Sole of the Foot 587 250. Arteries on the Back of the Leg and the Sole of the Foot 251. Deep-seated Branches of the Arteries on the Sole of the Foot . 254. Third and a Part of the Second Layer of Muscles on the Sole of the Foot 592 255. Dorsal Interossei 594. 256. Plantar Interossei 594 257. Anterior View of the Ligaments of the Knee-joint 598 238. Posterior View of the Ligaments of the Knee-joint 598 259. Internal Ligaments of the Right Knee-Joint 603 260. Longitudinal Section of the Left Knee-Joint, showing the Reflections of the Synovial Membrane 604 261. Tibio-fibular, and other Ligaments 606 262. Posterior View of the Ligaments of the Ankle-Joint 607 263. Internal View of the Ankle-Joint 609 264. External View of the Ankle-Joint . 609 265. Vertical Section of the Ankle-Joint and Foot of the Right Side 266. Ligaments of the Sele of the Left Foot . . 611 . 612 THE PRACTICAL ANATOMIST. GENERAL REMARKS. PERHAPS no part of the course of study which the medical student is required to pursue is approached with a stronger feeling of reluctance than that of practical anatomy. Nor will the neglect of any part of his course cause him more regret when actively engaged in the duties of his profession. Although it must be admitted that there are some things connected with dissecting which are unpleasant, yet, when the value of the knowledge which can be acquired only in the dissecting-room is considered, these things should not be allowed to have the slightest influence on the conduct of the student. It is only in the dissecting-room that he can have the opportunity of seeing the various organs of the body before their relations to each other have been disturbed, or of cutting and separating the different tissues of which they are composed, and by which they are connected together. However clearly they may be presented and accurately described in the lecture-room, it is impossible that he should obtain so correct an idea of them as when he can take them in his own hands and examine them for himself. There is, perhaps, just reason to apprehend that, for the want of having had experience in the dissecting-room, many members of our profession are deterred from making postmortem examinations, which would be of great value to themselves, as well as to medical science. It is hardly to be expected that one who had never dissected, or who had dissected but very little, would feel himself competent to make a satisfactory examination of the internal organs of |