Grant's Atlas of Anatomy [antikvár]

Preface to the Eighth Edition The first edition of Grant's An Atlas of Anatomy appeared in two volumes in 1943. In the Preface to that edition, the author explained; "The collection of illustrations depicts the structures of the human body, region by region, in much the same order as the student displays them by dissection. "In the execution of these illustrations the following preliminary steps were taken: each specimen was posed and photographed; from the negative film so obtained an enlarged positive film was made; with the aid of a viewing box the outlines of the structures on the enlarged film were traced on tracing paper; and these outlines were scrutinized against the original specimen, in order to ensure that the shapes, positions, and relative proportions of the various structures were correct. The outline tracing was then presented to the artist who transferred it to suitable paper and, having the original dissection beside her, proceeded to work up a plastic drawing in which the important features were brought out. Thus, little, if any, liberty has been taken with the anatomy; that is to say, the illustrations profess a considerable accuracy of detail. "In order that the student may be able to turn the pages and study figure after figure without requiring to re-orient himself, all illustrations of bilaterally symmetrical structures are from the right half of the body, unless it is stated otherwise. "Most of the specimens here depicted are in the Anatomy Museum of the University of Toronto; the others were specially prepared for this atlas. "The observations and comments that accompany the illustrations are designed to attract attention to salient points and to points of significance that might otherwise escape notice. Their purpose is to interpret the illustrations. They are not, nor are they intended to be, exhaustive descriptions." Subsequent editions followed: the second in 1947 (with 200 new iUlustrations, the addition of color, and the useful schemes of distribution of cranial nerves), the third in 1951, the fourth in 1956, the fifth in 1962 (at which time the plates were re-engraved and small diagrams firom Grant's Method added as secondary or supporting figures), and the sixth in 1972. A change in terminology was made in the nfith edition. "As to terminology, the international nomenclature, Nomina Anatómica (1955), is employed in place of the Birmingham Revision (B.R., 1933) of the Basle Nomina Anatómica (B.N.A., 1895) which was originally in use. Where, however, the adopted terms differ substantially fi-om the revised B.N.A. terms— and this is in a small minority of instances—both terms are given, the discarded terms being set within parentheses ( ). Square brackets [ ] indicate a synonym approved at the International Congress of Anatomists held periodically. "The often recurring noun, musculus or muscle, is omitted from the names of the muscles, but by way of compensation the initial letters of the qualifying adjectives are printed in capitals; e.g., musculus trapezius and musculus rectus abdominis are printed thus: Trapezius and Rectus Abdominis." Dr. Grant recorded his indebtedness to the many students and colleagues who assisted him in the preparation of the Atlas over the years. In his words: "I have been most fortunate in the expert assistance rendered me by a number of medical artists. I owe a particular debt to Mrs. Dorothy I. Chubb, a pupil of Max Brbdel, who worked with me from the beginning, and also to Miss Nancy Joy, now Director of Art as Apphed to Medicine, in the University of Toronto, who soon joined her, for without their expert skill, patience in a laborious task, and the desire to achieve accuracy and effect, tliis book could hardly have been made. Mrs. Chubb was mainly responsible for the artwork of the first two editions and almost solely responsible for that of this, the sixth edition. Miss Joy for those in between. To them I record again my grateful appreciation of their work so cheerfully and carefully done. "I gladly acknowledge the assistance of Miss Elizabeth Blackstock, of the Department of Art as Applied to Medicine of this University, whose talent is apparent in the cross-sections of the upper limb, the paranasal sinuses, and the arteries of the stomach, pancreas, and bile passages. Mrs.