A Textbook of Anatomy for Nurses

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Excerpt from A Textbook of Anatomy for Nurses: With Thirty-Four Original Illustrations, Five of Which Are in ColorsPractically all anatomical names were given when Latin or Greek were the only languages in which learning was concealed. The names which are here employed and which have the great convenience of being intelligible to anatomists all over the world, are of Latin or Greek origin. These names are em ployed in surgical and medical works, as well as in anatomy. Such terms as front, back, etc., are not usually used, but words of Latin origin with the same significance as follows: Upward is superior, downward is inferior, forward is anterior, backward is posterior, inward is medial, and outward is lateral.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.