Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1187

JOHN BELL (1763-1820) Engravings, explaining the anatomy of the bones, muscles, and joints. Printed by John Paterson; for Bell and Bradfute, and T. Duncan; and J. Johnson, and G. G. G. & J. Robinsons, London 1794 [8] xxii [2] 191 pp., [32] plates. 26.8 cm.

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Fifteen plates with many individual figures depict the bones, fourteen plates illustrate the muscles, and the joints are shown in three plates. These exquisite copperplates, drawn by the author, are accurate and uniquely elegant in the Bell style.

Cited references: Osler 7674; Russell 60; Wellcome II, p. 137

Gift of John Martin, M.D.