Synopsis
Elements of Comparative Anatomy, written by Carl Gegenbaur and first published in 1878, is a comprehensive textbook on the comparative anatomy of animals. The book is divided into two parts: the first part deals with the general principles of comparative anatomy, while the second part focuses on the specific anatomy of different animal groups.In the first part of the book, Gegenbaur discusses the basic concepts of comparative anatomy, including the principles of homology and analogy, the classification of animals, and the evolution of animal structures. He also covers the methods and techniques used in comparative anatomy, such as dissection, microscopy, and comparative embryology.The second part of the book is organized by animal group, including vertebrates, invertebrates, and protozoa. Each chapter provides a detailed description of the anatomy of a particular animal group, including their skeletal, muscular, nervous, circulatory, and digestive systems. The book also includes numerous illustrations and diagrams to aid in the understanding of the material.Overall, Elements of Comparative Anatomy is a seminal work in the field of comparative anatomy, and has been widely used as a textbook for students and researchers in biology, zoology, and related fields. It provides a comprehensive overview of the anatomy of animals, and is an important reference for anyone interested in the study of animal structure and evolution.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
Présentation de l'éditeur
Ouk knowledge has been so much increased in extent and exactness in almost every department of Comparative Anatomy since the time when I converted my Grundziige into the first edition of this smaller manual the Grundriss that the publication of a second edition hardly seemed an easy task. Nevertheless, I gladly undertook it, for I had observed so much new evidence of the importance of the doctrine of development in anatomical enquiry. The road along which science may travel forward successfully seems indeed to be growing easier, yet the distance which we have made is but short in comparison with that which lies in front of us, and far beyond our view. Every question solved leads again to fresh problems, and renders unstable even what seemed to have taken a definite form. There are, therefore, great difficulties in giving such a comprehensive presentation of the subject as a text-book ought to supply. I have tried as much as possible to evade these difficulties where I have been unable to overcome them. Much remains unaltered, because recent investigations appear to demand fundamental changes, the concrete expression of which cannot be immediately taken in hand. I have somewhat modified the arrangement of the matter. I can hardly be blamed for separating the Brachiopoda from the Mollusca, and treating them as forming an independent phylum. Nor indeed is the change a real one, for even in my Grundziige I drew especial attention to the great difference that obtained between them and the other Mollusca.
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