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The Anatomist: A True Story of Gray's Anatomy
The Anatomist A True Story of Gray's Anatomy
Author: Bill Hayes
?A wonderful writer, Bill Hayes tells the multi-layered story of the two extraordinary young men who produced the most famous medical text of all time - a turning point in medical history, and a continuing influence and inspiration for artists, doctors and anatomists a century and a half later. Part memoir, part biography, part guided tour i...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781934137215
ISBN-10: 1934137219
Publication Date: 9/1/2009
Pages: 250
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 2
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miss-info avatar reviewed The Anatomist: A True Story of Gray's Anatomy on + 386 more book reviews
This book tells three stories: that of Henry Gray, who wrote Grays Anatomy, Henry Carter, who illustrated it, and the author as he researches the two Henrys and takes anatomy classes at a local university. Henry Gray had no surviving diary or letters, but Henry Carter had plenty of both. We see Gray mainly through Carters eyes, and Carter through the eyes of our author. The book is well-written and informing, but I do not recommend it to the squeamish, as there is a LOT of discussion of cadavers, blood, and the inner workings of the body.
miss-info avatar reviewed The Anatomist: A True Story of Gray's Anatomy on + 386 more book reviews
This book tells three stories: that of Henry Gray, who wrote Grays Anatomy, Henry Carter, who illustrated it, and the author as he researches the two Henrys and takes anatomy classes at a local university. Henry Gray had no surviving diary or letters, but Henry Carter had plenty of both. We see Gray mainly through Carters eyes, and Carter through the eyes of our author. The book is well-written and informing, but I do not recommend it to the squeamish, as there is a LOT of discussion of cadavers, blood, and the inner workings of the body.


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