Year: 1856
Type: article
Abstract: It is a somewhat singular coincidence, that the only two British Treatises on Comparative Anatomy which can be pointed-to as in any degree repre- senting the present state of that science, and which.madetheir first ap- pearance almost contemporaneously, sliould have reached a second edition at the same time.The ' Lectures' of Professor Owen originally appeared as the notes of Mr. White Cooper, revised by the Professor himself; and were published in numbers as they were delivered, the completed volume bearing the date 1843.The ' General Outline' of Professor Rymer Jones also originally appeared in numbers, and the complete volume bears date 1841.Having published in the interval the first volume of his ' Com- parative Anatomy of the Vertebrata'?the'Anatomy of Fishes,'?andintending, as we trust, to complete that great work in a manner worthy ?f his unrivalled knowledge of Verteb rated Animals, Professor Owen has thought it desirable to re-issue his ' Lectures on the Invertebrata' in an enlarged form; adding a considerable quantity of new matter, and insert- 1Jig numerous references to the original authorities for the facts and opinions advanced; and taking, of course, the entire responsibility upon him- 35-xyiii.1 * An American translation of this masterly work, with numerous Notes and additional References, by the late Dr. W. J. Burnett, bringing it down to 1854, is, in our opinion, by far the best Treatise on Invertebrate Anatomy, that the English student can have recourse to.
Source: PubMed Central
Author: Richard Owen
Language: English
Subfield: Anatomy
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2258440163