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Excerpt from Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Physiological Series of Comparative Anatomy Contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Vol. 1 The primary objects of the Catalogue have been, to give a clear and succinct description of each preparation, to determine the species of animal or plant to Which it belongs, to place it rightly in the proper series, and thus to afford to the Visitor of the Museum every facility for studying and understanding this important department of the collection. Before the formation of the present catalogue, the printed works, from which information could be derived respecting the physiological collection, consisted of the published writings of Mr. Hunter, the subjoined Synopsis of the Hunterian collection. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.