Excerpt from Practical Medical Anatomy: A Guide to the Physician in the Study of the Relations of the Viscera to Each Other in Health and Disease and in the Diagnosis of the Medical and Surgical Conditions of the Anatomical Structures of the Head and Trunk Dr. Darwin, when he wrote the preface to his Zoonomia, stated his proposed Object in the following sentences: A theory founded on Nature, that should bind together the scattered facts of medical knowl e 0e, and converge into one point Of view the laws of organic life, would thus on many accounts contribute to the interests Of society. It would capacitate men of moderate abilities to practise the art Of healing with real advantage to the public; it would enable every man of literary attainments to distinguish the genuine disciples of medicine from those of boastful effrontery or of wily address and would teach mankind in some important situations the knowledge Of themselves. 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.