Description
Presents a definite description of the structures and relationships of the human organs and body systems.
Library's review
Gray's Anatomy-The Classic Collector's Edition with a new introduction by John A. Crocco, M.D., Chief of Pulmonary Services, St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center of New York and Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, New York University School of Medicine
This is a landmark edition of one of
"Every living physician today has been exposed to Gray's Anatomy and nearly every one has used it. It was Gray's Anatomy that occupied most of the embryonic physician's waking hours, whether at home or at the side of his cadaver.
"There have been many imitations, but few real competitors. There have been dissection manuals and pictorial atlases brilliantly illustrated with exquistie potographs. There have been synopses of anatomy and there have been monographs on various regions of the body. However, there is only one gray's Anatomy.
"This stellar book represents the acme of anatomical description over the last century and wil probably still be the premier text in anatomy over the next one hundred years. This commemorative edition is a very fitting tribute to Dr. Henry Gray, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, whose collassal work will be remembered by medical historians past and future and by twentieth-century physicians and surgeons as the anatomy text of our age."
This is a landmark edition of one of
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the greatest texts of our time. Gray's Anatomy has been an international bestseller for 100 years; its appeal is not only to physicians and students, but to artists and the medically curious. As the new Introduction by Dr. Crocco states: "Every living physician today has been exposed to Gray's Anatomy and nearly every one has used it. It was Gray's Anatomy that occupied most of the embryonic physician's waking hours, whether at home or at the side of his cadaver.
"There have been many imitations, but few real competitors. There have been dissection manuals and pictorial atlases brilliantly illustrated with exquistie potographs. There have been synopses of anatomy and there have been monographs on various regions of the body. However, there is only one gray's Anatomy.
"This stellar book represents the acme of anatomical description over the last century and wil probably still be the premier text in anatomy over the next one hundred years. This commemorative edition is a very fitting tribute to Dr. Henry Gray, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, whose collassal work will be remembered by medical historians past and future and by twentieth-century physicians and surgeons as the anatomy text of our age."
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LibraryThing member readafew
Of all the books on my shelf this one probably gets the most comment when it is noticed, usually implying what kinds of things I might be looking up in it.
LibraryThing member CenterPointMN
The classic edition of this text is a landmark edition, including 780 illustrations, and coving every aspect of human anatomy.
ISBN
517223651
Publication
Bounty Books New York