Excerpt from Outlines of Human Physiology: Designed for the Use of the Higher Classes in Common Schools It is hardly necessary to add, that this little work makes no claims to originality. It has been compiled with some degree of care from the best authorities on the subject, and the materials, which the labor and re search of others have collected, have been freely em ployed. The compiler fears that it is by no means free from errors he is aware that he could not bring to the task all the knowledge of the subject that was de sirable, and he executed it while engaged to some ex tent in the active duties of a responsible profession. He was induced to undertake it, in the hope that it might be useful to the young; and his object will be effected, if it should open to them a new and interest esting branch of knowledge. He was desirous that they should become acquainted with human physiology, as he felt confident, that they could not fail to see in the structure and functions of their own bodies, the clearest evidence of wonderful contrivance and benefi cent wisdom. 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.