Handbuch der Vergleichenden Anatomie

Abstract

IT is now more than twenty years since the first edition of this manual appeared. The plan is that of a companion to the author's lectures as Professor in the University of Gratz. It begins with a somewhat lengthy introduction on the general principles of Morphology and Physiology. In discussing the distinction between animals and plants, the author appositely quotes Buffon's dictum, “Il n'y a aucune différence absolument essentielle et générale entre les animaux et les végétaux.” He also does full justice to the pre-eminent importance of Cuvier's labours in palæontology as well as in comparative anatomy and classification; but it is strange to find the name of Hunter conspicuous by its absence, even in a brief sketch of scientific biology. The lines which the author has chosen for the motto of his book,

Handbuch der Vergleichenden Anatomie.

Eduard Oscar Schmidt. Sechste Auflage. (Jena, 1872.) Pp. 402.