Bourgery Atlas Of Anatomy

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This is anatomically correct Bourgerys monumental & unsurpassed treatise. We owe a great debt to Jean Baptiste Marc Bourgery (1797-1849) for his Atlas of Anatomy" which was not only a massive event in medical history but also remains one of the most comprehensive & beautifully illustrated anatomical treatises ever published in any language. In 1830 having received his doctorate in medicine three years prior Bourgery began work on his magnificent atlas in cooperation with illustrator Nicolas Henri Jacob (1782-1871) a student of the French painter Jacques Louis David. The first volumes were published the following year but completion of the treatise required nearly two decades of dedication; Bourgery lived just long enough to finish his labor of love but the last of the treatises eight volumes was not published in its entirety until five years after his death. The four parts of Bourgerys treatise cover descriptive anatomy surgical anatomy & techniques (exploring in detail nearly all the major operations that were performed during the first half of the 19th century) general anatomy & embryology & microscopic anatomy. Jacobs spectacular h&-colored life-size lithographs are remarkable for their clarity color & aesthetic appeal reflecting a combination of direct laboratory observation & illustrative research; the images are to this day unsurpassed in anatomical illustration."