Excerpt from The Principal Forms of the Skeleton and of the Teeth Teeth. The execution of this part of the 'circle' has been confided to that great philosophical anatomist who has so distinguished himself in working out the true principles of Osteology - principles which will doubtless soon be applied to the nomenclature and description of every branch of Anatomical Science. Avoiding the com mon practice of intrusting the special essays to literary compilers and abridgers, it has been part of the design of the work - hitherto with success - to engage, in the important task of teaching, those master-spirits who have in their day effected the greatest improvements, and made the most decided advances in their respective depart ments of science. The result has been, as is especially shown in the Essay on the Principal Forms of the Skeleton, an original exposition of the principles of Anatomical Science, and of the most important results that have been attained by its latest cultivator; such exposition being succinct without any important omission, and as clear and comprehensible as is consistent with the inevitable use of technical terms. 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.