Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 810

WILLIAM CHESELDEN (1688-1752) The anatomy of the humane body. Printed for N. Cliff, and D. Jackson, and W. Innys 1713 [8] 269 pp., 23 plates (part fold.). 19.5 cm.

Cheselden's reputation as a teacher, clinician, and anatomist was well established during his lifetime and he won great distinction in London's hospitals. This work on human anatomy went through thirteen editions and became a standard textbook. Although the twenty-three copperplates are well executed, they cannot be compared with the superior, full-sized plates of his Osteographia (see No. 814).

See Related Record(s): 814

Cited references: Choulant-Frank, p. 261; Cushing C205 (2nd U.S. ed., 1806); Garrison-Morton 390; Russell 148; Waller 1943 (7th ed., 1756); Wellcome II, p. 335

Gift of John Martin, M.D.