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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.12235#0011
AD VER TISEMENT.
In the Brain the appearance is so peculiar, and so little
capable of illustration from other parts of the body, the sur-
faces are so soft, and so easily destroyed by rude dissection,
and it is so difficult to follow an abstract description merely,
that this part of Anatomy cannot be studied without the
help of Engravings.
In proportion to the delicacy of the Brain is the diffi-
culty of investigating its parts and structure; but to repre-
sent those evanescent forms and parts by drawing, is al-
together impracticable by a common artist unacquainted
with Anatomy. If the most celebrated Anatomists, even
when employed in representing the coarser parts, as Bones
and Muscles, have been solicitous to retain, during all
their lives, the same artists in their service, that they might
profit by that superficial accuracy and slight degree of
In the Brain the appearance is so peculiar, and so little
capable of illustration from other parts of the body, the sur-
faces are so soft, and so easily destroyed by rude dissection,
and it is so difficult to follow an abstract description merely,
that this part of Anatomy cannot be studied without the
help of Engravings.
In proportion to the delicacy of the Brain is the diffi-
culty of investigating its parts and structure; but to repre-
sent those evanescent forms and parts by drawing, is al-
together impracticable by a common artist unacquainted
with Anatomy. If the most celebrated Anatomists, even
when employed in representing the coarser parts, as Bones
and Muscles, have been solicitous to retain, during all
their lives, the same artists in their service, that they might
profit by that superficial accuracy and slight degree of