Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 2260

ALBERT CHAUNCEY EYCLESHYMER (1867-1925) A cross-section anatomy. D. Appleton 1911 xvi, 373 pp.; 101 plates (part col.), tables. 36.8 cm.

This work was one of the important cross-section anatomies prepared at the beginning of the twentieth century and was called a "superb production" by Choulant-Frank (p. 409). Eycleshymer and Schoemaker had both been on the anatomy faculty at the University of Chicago before coming to St. Louis University, where Eycleshymer was professor of anatomy and Schoemaker an associate professor of anatomy. The authors point out that "The importance of the study of sectional anatomy for the medical student can scarcely be overestimated, either from the disciplinary or from the practical standpoint" (p. xiii). Many cadavers were used to obtain satisfactory sections and were fixed by injection with a 50 per cent formalin solution before sectioning. Preceded by a comprehensive history of cross-sectional anatomy, the book is devoted chiefly to plates of the head and neck, trunk, and extremities, with brief explanatory text.

Cited references: Choulant-Frank, p. 409