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Heirs of Hippocrates

The Development of Medicine in a Catalogue of Historic Books

Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1775

CONSTANTIN LOUIS BONAMY (b. 1812) Atlas d'anatomie descriptive du corps humain. V. Masson [1844?]-1866 254 col. plates (part fold.). 26.8 cm.

Bonamy, professor of anatomy at L'École Préparatoire de Médecine de Toulouse, prepared Volume I on osteology, syndesmology, and myology as well as Volume II on the heart, arteries, veins, lymphatics, and aponeuroses. Broca (see No. 1912) prepared Volume III on the digestive and endocrine systems and Volume IV on the genitourinary and respiratory systems. The 254 colored plates were engraved by Émile Beau (b. 1810), and each has a facing page containing the descriptive information.

See Related Record(s): 1912

Cited references: Wellcome II, p. 197

Gift of John Martin, M.D.

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