Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice, 41e

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It was easy to create an online account and download a copy of the book as well as available videos to my iPhone X and iPad. In Dan Brown's 2013 novel Inferno, Sienna Brooks, as a child, reads all 1,600 pages of Gray's Anatomy in ten days. While Gray\'s Anatomy may no longer be a suitable study guide for modern physicians, it is considered a classic work on the subject and is a great reference for those interested in the origins of the study of human anatomy.

Despite previous efforts to keep Gray's Anatomy readable by students, when the 39th edition was published, students were identified as a secondary market for the book, [23] and companion publications such as Gray's Anatomy for Students, [b] Gray's Atlas of Anatomy and Gray's Anatomy Review have also been published in recent years. I started reading this because I wanted to understand a bit more about human anatomy for my Jiu Jitsu. Contents toned, with occasional and discrete markings from previous owner and several leaves repaired. This is a digitally reproduced facsimile of thi fmous medical refeence book, The illustrations are very clear bith becasue of the digital reproduction and also the large size of the images. He held successively the posts of demonstrator of Anatomy, curator of the museum, and Lecturer of Anatomy at St.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. His editing of the structures he was drawing to emphasise what was of functional and practical importance to the dissector, student, and surgeon made the book indispensable to its readers. The book should serve as a guide to anyone writing any type of prose, since the key to good literature is always clarity and precision. Second, the language, which deals with such a complex topic as the human body, is satisfyingly precise.

The completely reconfigured accompanying eBook version is richly enhanced with additional content and media, covering all the body regions, cell biology and embryogenesis. The more popular 41st edition of Gray's Anatomy was published on 25 September 2015 by Elsevier in both print and online versions, and is the first edition to have enhanced online content including anatomical videos and a bonus Gray's imaging library. This compact volume comprises an abridged version of the classic 1860 edition - the last to be published during Gray's lifetime - and the masterly wood-block illustrations that ensured the runaway success of the original book. Inside the book you can find things like skeletal breakdowns, muscular breakdowns, and illustrations of each with in depth reading in each section. Features a new neuroanatomy chapter containing approximately 100 all-new questions that cover key concepts and relate them to clinical practice.If you have the option to, please upgrade to a newer version or use Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, or Safari 14 or newer. P>The accompanying eBook version is richly enhanced with additional content and media, covering all the body regions, cell biology, development and embryogenesis – and now includes two new systems-orientated chapters. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.

Newer editions of Gray's Anatomy – and even several recent older ones – are still considered to be the most comprehensive and detailed textbooks on the subject. Historian Ruth Richardson, of the Department of History at the University of Hertfordshire and the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge, weaves a wonderful tale of dissection, medicine, publishing, printing, illustration, marketing, and sales that culminates in the book often referred to as the “doctor’s bible. Apart from clear illustrations what made the work so important that it has never been out of print (almost 160 years) since it was first published?Carefully selected electronic enhancements include additional text , tables , illustrations , labelled imaging and videos - as well as 24 specially invited 'Commentaries' on new and emerging topics related to anatomy. Their meeting most likely occurred in the dissection laboratory where Gray, age 21, was teaching anatomy and working on his first major work in embryology and comparative anatomy.