Before surgery videos, medical dramas, House and McDreamy laid bare the body’s failings, there was a book that showed how each part was supposed to fit together. First published in 1858, “Gray’s ...
THE MAKING OF MR. GRAY’S ANATOMY By Ruth Richardson Oxford University Press, $29.95, 322 pages Though it might come as a surprise to fans of the popular television series, “Grey’s Anatomy” (now in its ...
As a newly qualified doctor in September 1939, Nowell Peach was looking forward to a career in surgery. He was waiting to begin his anatomical studies and the course was set to start on September 4, ...