Excerpt from Plates of the Arteries of the Human BodyThat I might, if possible, render my knowledge of the arteries fuller and more accurate than any one's, I have laboured with indefatigable zeal for six teen years in investigating their origin and distribution I have with my own hands dissected upwards of five hundred bodies, and examined with no small degree of diligence subjects of both sexes, and of all ages. How much time and labour this task necessarily required, those alone who have witnessed and properly considered of this work can be adequate judges. Indeed, I by no means would have engaged in an undertaking so arduous, and linked with so many difficulties, had I not been cheered by the advantage that would from thence accrue to medical science.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.