Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1639

EDWARD WILLIAM TUSON (1802-1865) Myology. Callow and Wilson 1828 2nd ed. [2] 8 ll., 8 col. plates. 53.8 cm.

This unusual teaching atlas by the English anatomist, Tuson, depicts the somatic musculature in colored lithographs, printed on flaps and mounted in layers on figures of the skeleton. It is unusual to find the moving parts intact and preserved as in this copy.

Cited references: Choulant-Frank, p. 234; Cushing T196

Gift of John Martin, M.D.