Directions for the Dissection of the Cat (Zoological Laboratory Manuals)

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1933. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. Pencil name on front endpaper. 1933 Hard Cover. xi, 47 pp. A guide to cat dissection. The author describes the study of the anatomy of the cat in his preface as 'a desirable prerequisite for college courses in human physiology and personal hygiene and a valuable part of a system of premedical education.' Includes: Introduction; Skeleton; External Features; Muscles of Thorax and Abdomen; Abdominal Viscera; Sympathetic Nervous System--Abdominal Portion; Portal System and Visceral Arteries; Digestive Tube; Urogenital System: Female Reproductive Organs, Male Reproductive Organs; The Vena Cava Inferior and its Branches; Abdonminal Aorta and its Brances; Thoracic Viscera; The Vagus and the Thoracic Sympathetic Nerves; Superior Vena Cava and its Branches; Thoraic Aorta and its Branches; The Heart; Salivary Glands; Arteries of the Head and Neck; Mouth and Pharynx; Respiratory Organs; The Spinal Nerves; The Eye; The Spinal Cord; The Brain.