Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1639.1

EDWARD WILLIAM TUSON (1802-1865) A supplement to Myology : containing the arteries, veins, nerves, and lymphatics of the human body, the abdominal & thoracic viscera, the ear and eye, the brain, and the gravid uterus, with the fœtal circulation Callow & Wilson 1828 2nd Edition 9 leaves, 9 leaves of plates : col. ill. 56 cm.

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“This Explanatory System of Myology is intended to facilitate the acquirements and retention of anatomical knowledge” states the author, who was a lecturer on Anatomy and Physiology, a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in London, and at one time, House Surgeon to the Middlesex Hospital. The 8 lithographs, each with moveable flaps, were drawn by F.R. Say. They depict layers of muscles which are explained in an accompanying full-page printed description. Tuson’s method of anatomic illustration is in the tradition of Johann Remmelin. A rare and extremely interesting Anatomy. This unusual teaching atlas depicts the various systems of somatic musculature in colored lithographs printed on flaps and mounted layer-like on figures of the skeleton. It is a striking and effective demonstration of the muscles of the human body, but surely could not be practical if used and handled to any great extent. All moving parts of the figures are intact and well-preserved. General Note: The illustrations consist of flaps overlaying and revealing successive layers of anatomical structures, the veins and arteries on each hand-colored in blue and red. Plate 9, illustrating the gravid uterus, is completely hand-colored.

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

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