John E. Skandalakis

Human Anatomy: Text and Colour Atlas

Visualizing Muscle: A New Ecorche Approach to Surface Anatomy, by John Cody, 231 pp, with illus,

Atlas of Human Anatomy

35, ISBN 0-7006-0425-1, paper

Anatomy for Surgeons

25, ISBN 0-7006-0426-X, Lawrence, University Press of Kansas, 1990.

Anson and McVay Surgical Anatomy

In the last paragraph of the introduction to his book Atlas of Human Anatomy , Dr Netter states, We did think of men like Vesalius, Leonardo da Vinci, William Hunter, and Henry Gray, who of course are unfortunately unavailable, but I do wonder what their comments might have been about this atlas. Perhaps the first medical illustrator was Berengario da Carpi (1460-1530), whom Garrison called the first to prepare anatomical designs from nature. Berengario, professor of surgery at Bologna (1502-1527) and author of the book A Commentary on Modino , presented himself as an anatomist-illustrator. He was the first of the pre-Vesalian anatomists to present an illustrated anatomy. Even earlier, however, Donatello (1386-1466) was one of the first artists to take up the scientific study of anatomy. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) dissected approximately 50 bodies and made over 750 drawings. Vesalius (1514-1564), William Hunter (1718-1783), Henry Gray (1827-1861), and doubtless others would

Gray's Anatomy e-dition: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice

There is no question in my mind that Anatomy for Surgeons , volume 1, third edition, is a classic anatomic reference book, enriched, however, with clinical applied and surgical anatomy, something that the resident in surgery and the practicing surgeon need very much. The correlation of the anatomic entities with surgical procedures of the head and neck is more than obvious. The book of 551 well-presented pages is divided into nine chapters, as in the first edition. The numerous figures are clear and anatomically correct. Since 1954, this book has become a useful tool for students, residents, and practicing surgeons. To me, it has become a bible. As the author states in the preface, anatomy does not change. We do agree, however, that anatomic philosophy changes with the applications of new techniques and new procedures. Dr Hollinshead, a true clinical anatomist, emphasizes the anatomic entities related to surgery. The book is