A Manual of Practical Anatomy: A Guide to the Dissection of the Human Body. By. With a Preface by Prof. Thomas H. Bryce. In three parts. Part i., The Upper and Lower Limbs. Pp. viii + 176.

We forget that, in its early stages, anatomy pursued the highly theatrical spirit of Renaissance science, as painters such as Rembrandt and Da Vinci and medical instructors like Fabricius of ...