PUBLISHERS' PREFACE.THERE is an increasing tendency in the present day to makecommon property of special knowledge. Even such informationas formerly belonged to certain professions alone is,at least in its rudiments, becoming more generally diffused;and on the part even of those professions the tendency isrecognized as within reasonable bounds deserving of encouragement.To take "the human body" as an illustration, medicalmen find that the useful feature of their art is facilitated bythe dissemination of information regarding its structure andfunctions. On the other hand, the public daily see more andmore clearly that "prevention is better than Ctlre," and thatto prevent derangements of the wonderful machine, ,,,,ith theguidance of which each individual is intrusted, more acquaintancewith its mechanism and laws of normal actionis indispensable. Apart from its utility, a knowledge ofanatomy and physiology is gradually becoming a necessarypart of a lTable of Contents CONTENT'S; CHAPTER L; Introduction-Opinions of the ancients concerning the IlUman; body-SuLUmary of general nnatomy-Substance of the body or; organized matter-Anatomical elemellts-N utritioll-Fluids; -Tissues, ; CHAPTER n; Form of the body-Its beauty-The master-pieces which it has; inspire(l-Descriptiotl of the skin-its functions,; CHAPTER III; Structure of the hody-Bones, cartilag~s) joints-Muscles, ten-; PAGE; dons, aponeuroses, 25; CHAPTER IV; Spinal c·oIUlnn~Thorax- Upper limb; shoulder, arm, fore-arm,; hand-Lower limb; hip, thigh, leg, foot, 41; CHAPTER V; Motion-lUfort-Locomoti6o; standing, ,,,aIking, running, jumping,; swimming, 57; CHAPTER VI; The- he:td - The skull, bones of the skull, sutures, arch of the; skull, base of the skull-Measurement of the skull; facial angle,;