A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene - Cutter, Calvin
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As the work is divided into chapters, the subjects of which are complete in themselves, the pupil may commence the study of the structure, use, and laws of the several parts of which the human system is composed, by selecting such chapters as fancy or utility may dictate, without reference to their present arrangement,-as well commence with the chapter on the digestive organs as on the bones.The acquisition of a correct pronunciation of the technical words is of great importance, both in recitation and in conversation. In this work, the technical words interspersed with the text, have been…mehr

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As the work is divided into chapters, the subjects of which are complete in themselves, the pupil may commence the study of the structure, use, and laws of the several parts of which the human system is composed, by selecting such chapters as fancy or utility may dictate, without reference to their present arrangement,-as well commence with the chapter on the digestive organs as on the bones.The acquisition of a correct pronunciation of the technical words is of great importance, both in recitation and in conversation. In this work, the technical words interspersed with the text, have been divided into syllables, and the accented syllables designated. An ample Glossary of technical terms has also been appended to the work, to which reference should be made.Agesilaus, king of Sparta, when asked what things boys should learn, replied, "Those which they will practisewhen they become men." As health requires the observance of the laws inherent to the different organs of the human system, so not only boys, but girls, should acquire a knowledge of the laws of their organization. If sound morality depends upon the inculcation of correct principles in youth..
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After graduating from Dartmouth he practiced medicine in New Hampshire and had further medical training (c. 1840) with Dr. George McClellan in Philadelphia, then, from 1844-1856, he toured the country giving medical lectures. In 1847 he published A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene - which became a standard textbook.In 1856, a fervent abolitionist, he took a shipment of rifles to "Bleeding Kansas", and also led Massachusetts men in fighting there with "Jim Lane's Army."On 23 August 1861, by then 53 years old and a successful physician in Warren, MA, he enrolled and was commissioned Surgeon of the 21st Massachusetts Infantry . He was Acting Brigade Surgeon by March 1862. While helping to rally a regiment at 2nd Manassas in August 1862 he was knocked down and out by a bullet which hit his belt buckle, and he was captured.