Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1436

JOHN LIZARS (1787?-1860) A system of anatomical plates of the human body, accompanied with descriptions and physiological, pathological, and surgical observations. W. H. Lizars [1840?] xxii [4] 241, xxxvi pp., 101 col. plates. 42.9 cm.

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Although it contains no new discoveries, this superb atlas is certainly one of the most elegant works of the nineteenth century. The 101 colored lithographs were drawn by the author and his brother, William Home Lizars (1788-1859), from the author's dissections. Lizars was a pupil of John Bell and served as a naval surgeon before becoming professor of surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh. In this copy, the "Index to the letters of references," with their accompanying explanations, were cut out and mounted on the appropriate plates by a previous owner.

Cited references: Cushing L313; Waller 5950; Wellcome III, p. 531

Gift of John Martin, M.D.