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By Ruth Richardson. 322 pp., illustrated. New York, Oxford University Press, 2008. $29.95. ISBN 978-0-19-955299-3.

In 1858, a new book appeared. It had the lackluster title Anatomy Descriptive and Surgical and it boasted no original discoveries, but compared with other textbooks on the market, it was inexpensive, readable, and unburdened by footnotes. It featured illustrations that were good, were clearly labeled, and had dark lines that showed a dissector where to cut. It quickly became the standard English-language manual of human anatomy for medical students, known not by its title but by the words the publishers had printed on its spine in large gilt letters: Gray's Anatomy.

In fact, the book was a joint . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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