Lanterna Rally

Author: George A. Piersol

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-06-28

Total Pages: 451

ISBN-13: 9781330449431

Excerpt from Text-Book of Normal Histology: Including an Account of the Development of the Tissues and of the Organs In the preparation of these pages the aim of the author has been to present descriptions which should include the salient features of the various structures with sufficient fulness to impress important details without wearying minutiæ: many years of teaching have convincingly shown that too great conciseness of statement, on the one hand, and too great elaboration of detail, on the other, are alike unsatisfactory to the student in his efforts to gain an adequate and lasting knowledge of minute anatomy. The recognition of the underlying morphological relations of the tissues alone can bring the appreciation of the broad principles requisite for the elevation of histology from a maze of barren details to a study full of interest and suggestion. In order that these wider bearings may become apparent, a brief account of the embryological processes and the histological differentiation concerned in the development of the tissues and the organs has been added to the descriptions of the adult structures. The desirability of keeping the size and scope of the volume within the limits adapted to its primary purpose of text-book has forbidden the systematic consideration of embryological data, and much of interest relating to the earlier stages of development has been necessarily omitted. In adopting the character of the illustrations choice has been influenced by the reflection that the mission of such drawings is instruction, and that the illustrations best accomplishing that end are of most value for the object at hand. With the exception of those taken from other, duly acknowledged sources, the drawings have been made by the author in nearly all cases with the aid of the camera lucida or from photo-micrographs. While sufficiently diagrammatic to be efficient aids in the comprehension of the text, the drawings are faithful likenesses of the original preparations; the latter as far as possible have been taken from human tissues. 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.