As the title indicates, this book reviews the evolution of man from the embryologic and comparative anatomic aspects. In the preface the author says "Throughout the text I have striven to keep in mind that I am writing, not for professional embryologists and anatomists, but for men who are to be practical physicians and surgeons." In the first edition (1901) he kept as closely as possible to what is essential for the understanding of human anatomy and fully capitalized the teratologic evidence. The pleasing style of the original lectures has been preserved as in succeeding editions the field has been more completely covered. The present edition exceeds the fourth by about 13 per cent; the chief additions are new illustrations, a chapter on experimental embryology, and "notes" that call attention to recent work and give literature references. The illustrations are for the most part diagrams such as a clever draftsman
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A 1934 study studied this question.