![Whether the diseased parotid gland itself or a lymphatic body lying in connexion with it, be the subject of operation, it seldom happens that the temporo-maxillary branch of the external carotid, F, escapes the knife.
- Joseph Maclise, Surgical Anatomy (1857) [full text]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ld3ym8IAms1qamjklo1_500.jpg)
Whether the diseased parotid gland itself or a lymphatic body lying in connexion with it, be the subject of operation, it seldom happens that the temporo-maxillary branch of the external carotid, F, escapes the knife.
- Joseph Maclise, Surgical Anatomy (1857) [full text]
![- Joseph Maclise, Surgical Anatomy (1857) [full text]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ld3yp71mmY1qamjklo1_500.jpg)
- Joseph Maclise, Surgical Anatomy (1857) [full text]
![In the human body there does not exist any such space as cavity, properly so called. Every space is occupied by its contents. The thoracic space is completely filled by its viscera, which, in mass, take a perfect cast or model of its interior. The thoracic viscera lie so closely to one another, that they respectively influence the form and dimensions of each other.
- Joseph Maclise, Surgical Anatomy (1857) [full text]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ld3ygqsig71qamjklo1_500.jpg)
In the human body there does not exist any such space as cavity, properly so called. Every space is occupied by its contents. The thoracic space is completely filled by its viscera, which, in mass, take a perfect cast or model of its interior. The thoracic viscera lie so closely to one another, that they respectively influence the form and dimensions of each other.
- Joseph Maclise, Surgical Anatomy (1857) [full text]
