Stöhr's histology : arranged upon an embroyological basis / by Dr. Frederic T. Lewis ... From the 12th German ed. by Philipp Stöhr ... 6th American ed., with 450 illustrations.

  • Stöhr, Philipp, 1849-1911.
Date:
1906
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Credit: Stöhr's histology : arranged upon an embroyological basis / by Dr. Frederic T. Lewis ... From the 12th German ed. by Philipp Stöhr ... 6th American ed., with 450 illustrations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE The need of a text-book of histology arranged upon an embryological basis has long been felt. At the Harvard Medical School this need has been urgent. There Professor Schaper, the editor of the five previous American editions of Stohr's Histology, planned such a book, and after his return to Germany its preparation was begun. It is greatly to be regretted that at the time of his death the work was only commenced, for there was promise of a notable production. When the writer was informed that Professor Stohr had given gener- ous permission to adapt a new edition of his Histology to American needs it was decided to rearrange the book upon an embryological plan. This has been accompHshed with the loss of some characteristic features of the German edition, for which the added material will, it is hoped, make com- pensation. Thus in order to have space for describing the controlling de- velopmental features of the organs, and for presenting their adult structure somewhat more fully, the directions for preparing sections have been reduced to the minimum. These may be supplemented by directions in the class room; and for the small proportion of students who intend to practice elaborate microscopical methods, a special text-book may be rec- ommended. It is not essential that a physician should be famihar with the details of many staining processes, but the structure of the adult organs and the developmental possibiUties of their constituent tissues must be known. The nomenclature adopted is that published by the committee of the German Association of Anatomists in 1895 (Arch. f. Anat. u. Phys.; Anat. Ahth.; Supplement-Band), and which is now widely used. It is founded upon the sound principle that the name of a structure should be the simplest possible descriptive Latin term or phrase. Since the Latin names may be translated into the various modem languages the nomenclature is inter- national. Moreover a large number of the names are commonly used in their Latin forms. Personal names have been discarded (except Wolffian and Miillerian), thus greatly assisting the student. It is obviously easier to learn intestinal glands, duodenal glands, parotid duct, etc., rather than Lieberkiihn's glands, Brunner's glands, Stenson's duct, and the like. It has been estimated that five thousand synon^mis have been rejected and are to be removed from the anatomist's vocabulary as soon as possible. In the following pages the more common of the rejected names have been placed in square brackets, [ ]. However difficult it may be for the older