p R O OE M I U M.
i n artcm typographicam fompms, major folito fad^us eft, non quideni
folani ob cleganüam, qua opera cdcbcrrnni arlificis Joannts mjkcrviik
omanlm omnia; fcd praccipne charts, qna ille lUiwr, a r.i-
„cnüquc raüone habita. Talis eft cnim charta: hnjuCcc l - o r auan,
cnlnmqnc Lam cito arcfcit, ut folia, liter,s hect picmffima, tabul x cujufquc
intcrpofita: ni torcm integrum alque illiefum confervatura Imt.
Ad fummam, f. auélori ea laus fuerit concetTa, quod, i.r hae primaria
parte htimani corporis illuttranda, neque opera: fua:, neque
impenfirum, ncque temporis rationeni habuerit, x-ott lane fit compos,
nec aliud gratia: fibi apponi poílulat. Harum autcm laudum n, partem
plunmum merito luo e,-ocandus cll frater auftoris tolert.lTimus
Joanna Hunter: nam in plurimis cadavcribus feeandis partem tllc lab
o r um fuftinuit •. cujus quidein viri acumen ct diligentia in hujulcemodi
pcrveftigationibus adeo omnium fcrmone celebrantur, ut de
dio fi ¡ileretur adjutore, operis ipfius pretto atque exillimationt par
um efi-et confultum. Artifieibus etiam fingulis, quorum nigenii atque
indullriíc monumenta hic extant, gratias agit quas habet maximas
• pra: cíetcris autcm viro optimo ae- pcntiffimo artifici Robería
Stranie non modo quod is manu fuá tabularum hamm duas tanquam
a:ternitati confecrarit, fed etiam quod, ab incepto operis ufque ad
exitum, auflorcm amicida ftabili atque incorrupta dignatus, vcl con-
Clium vel auxilium expctenti liaud unquam defuent.
P R E F A C E .
The additional expcnje of Mr. BaskervilleV ari nnt incurred Jor tU
take ofekgance alone; but principally for the advantage of his paper and mk
which render a leaf of his Prefs-Work an e.cellenl prefervatwe of the plates
between which it is placed.
•If it be allowed that the author has ¡pared neither labour, nor time, nor
eJenfe in improving an important part of anatomy, tins is all tU raerit which
he c i Clair,:. In mofl of the dffeaions he was aßßed by h,s brother Mr.
l o h n Hunter, whofe accuracy in anatomical refearches is fo loell known, that
to 0,nit this opportunity of thanking him for that aßßance, would be in fome
meafure to difregard the future reputation of the work itfelf He owes tikewife
much to theingenious artißswho madethe drawings and engravings; and
Particularly to Mr. Strange, not only fir having by his handfecured a fort oj
immortality to two of the plates, but for having given his advice and aßßame
in every part with a ßeady and dißntereßed friendßip.
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