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''Gray's Anatomy'' is a reference book of
human anatomy
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It comprises a he ...
written by
Henry Gray
Henry Gray (1827 – 13 June 1861) was a British anatomist and surgery, surgeon most notable for publishing the book ''Gray's Anatomy''. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) at the age of 25.
Biography
Gray was born i ...
, illustrated by
Henry Vandyke Carter
Henry Vandyke Carter (born 22 May 1831, Hull – 4 May 1897, Scarborough) was an English anatomist, surgeon, and anatomical artist most notable for his illustrations of the book ''Gray's Anatomy''.
Childhood
Henry Vandyke Carter was born on 22 ...
, and first published in London in 1858. It has gone through multiple revised editions and the current edition, the 42nd (October 2020), remains a standard reference, often considered "the doctors'
bible
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".
Earlier editions were called ''Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical'', ''Anatomy of the Human Body'' and ''Gray's Anatomy: Descriptive and Applied'', but the book's name is commonly shortened to, and later editions are titled, ''Gray's Anatomy''. The book is widely regarded as an extremely influential work on the subject.
Publication history
Origins
The
English
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anatomist
Henry Gray
Henry Gray (1827 – 13 June 1861) was a British anatomist and surgery, surgeon most notable for publishing the book ''Gray's Anatomy''. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) at the age of 25.
Biography
Gray was born i ...
was born in 1827. He studied the development of the
endocrine gland
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s and
spleen
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St George's Hospital Medical School
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in
London
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. In 1855, he approached his colleague
Henry Vandyke Carter
Henry Vandyke Carter (born 22 May 1831, Hull – 4 May 1897, Scarborough) was an English anatomist, surgeon, and anatomical artist most notable for his illustrations of the book ''Gray's Anatomy''.
Childhood
Henry Vandyke Carter was born on 22 ...
with his idea to produce an inexpensive and accessible anatomy textbook for medical students. Dissecting unclaimed bodies from workhouse and hospital
mortuaries through the
Anatomy Act
The Anatomy Act 1832 (2 & 3 Will. IV c.75) is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that gave free licence to doctors, teachers of anatomy and bona fide medical students to dissect donated bodies. It was enacted in response to public rev ...
of 1832, the two worked for 18 months on what would form the basis of the book. Their work was first published in 1858 by
John William Parker
John William Parker (1791 – 1870) was an English publisher and printer.
Life
John Parker was born on 26 July 1791. His father was in the Royal Navy. At the age of fourteen he was apprenticed to William Clowes, and became the manager of the prin ...
in London.
It was dedicated by Gray to
Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet
Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet, (9 June 178321 October 1862) was an English physiologist and surgeon who pioneered research into bone and joint disease.
Biography
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.
An imprint of this English first edition was published in the United States in 1859, with slight alterations.
Gray prepared a second, revised edition, which was published in the United Kingdom in 1860, also by J.W. Parker.
However, Gray died the following year, at the age of 34, having contracted
smallpox
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[ while treating his nephew (who survived). His death had come just three years after the initial publication of his ''Anatomy Descriptive and Surgical''.
Even so, the work on his much-praised book was continued by others.
]Longman
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Since 1968, Longman has been used primarily as an imprint by Pearson's Schools business. The Longman brand is also ...
's publication reportedly began in 1863, after their acquisition of the J.W. Parker publishing business. This coincided with the publication date of the third British edition of ''Gray's Anatomy.''[ p. iv (Previous Editions and Editors – listings)] Successive British editions of ''Gray's Anatomy'' continued to be published under the Longman, and more recently Churchill Livingstone
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It was formed in 1971 from the merger of Longman's medical list, E & S Livingstone (Edinburgh, Scotland) and J & A Churchill (London, England) and was owned by Pearson. Harcourt acquired Churchill ...
/Elsevier
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imprints, reflecting further changes in ownership of the publishing companies over the years.
American editions
The full American rights were purchased by Blanchard and Lea, who published the first of twenty-five[This count excludes the previously mentioned 1859 US publication of the English first edition.] distinct American editions of ''Gray's Anatomy'' in 1862, and whose company became Lea & Febiger
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in 1908. Lea & Febiger continued publishing the American editions until the company was sold in 1990.
The first American publication was edited by Richard James Dunglison, whose father Robley Dunglison
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was physician to Thomas Jefferson
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. Dunglison edited the next four editions. These were: the ''Second American Edition'' (February 1862); the ''New Third American from the Fifth English Edition'' (May 1870); the ''New American from the Eighth English Edition'' (July 1878); and the ''New American from the Tenth English Edition'' (August 1883). W. W. Keen edited the next two editions, namely: the ''New American from the Eleventh English Edition'' (September 1887); and the ''New American from the Thirteenth English Edition'' (September 1893).
In September 1896, reference to the English edition was dropped and it was published as the ''Fourteenth Edition'', edited by Bern B. Gallaudet, F. J. Brockway, and J. P. McMurrich, who also edited the ''Fifteenth Edition'' (October 1901). There is also an edition dated 1896 which does still reference the English edition stating it is "A New Edition, Thoroughly Revised by American Authorities, from the thirteenth English Edition" and edited by T. Pickering Pick, F.R.C.S. and published by Lea Brothers & Co., Philadelphia and New York.
The ''Sixteenth Edition'' (October 1905) was edited by J. C. DaCosta, and the ''Seventeenth'' (September 1908) by DaCosta and E. A. Spitzka. Spitzka edited the ''Eighteenth'' (Oct. 1910) and ''Nineteenth'' (July 1913) editions, and in October 1913, R. Howden edited the ''New American from the Eighteenth English Edition''. The "American" editions then continued with consecutive numbering from the Twentieth onwards, with W. H. Lewis W. may refer to:
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editing the 20th (September. 1918), 21st (August 1924), 22nd (August 1930), 23rd (July 1936), and 24th (May 1942). Charles Mayo Goss edited the 25th (August 1948), 26th (July 1954), 27th (August 1959), 28th (August 1966), and 29th (January 1973). Carmine D. Clemente edited and extensively revised the 30th edition (October 1984).[ pp. vi–ix] With the sale of Lea & Febiger in 1990, the 30th edition was the last American Edition.
Discrepancies in numbering of American and British editions
Sometimes separate editing efforts with mismatches between British and American edition numbering led to the existence, for many years, of two main "flavours" or "branches" of ''Gray's Anatomy'': the U.S. and the British one. This can easily cause misunderstandings and confusion, especially when quoting from or trying to purchase a certain edition. For example, a comparison of publishing histories shows that the American numbering kept roughly apace with the British up until the 16th editions in 1905, with the American editions either acknowledging the English edition, or simply matching the numbering in the 14th, 15th and 16th editions. Then the American numbering crept ahead, with the 17th American edition published in 1908, while the 17th British edition was published in 1909. This increased to a three-year gap for the 18th and 19th editions, leading to the 1913 publication of the ''New American from the Eighteenth English'', which brought the numbering back into line. Both 20th editions were then published in the same year (1918). Thereafter, it was the British numbering that pushed ahead, with the 21st British edition in 1920, and the 21st American edition in 1924. This discrepancy continued to increase, so that the 30th British edition was published in 1949, while the 30th and last American edition was published in 1984.[Carmine D. Clemente (1985) p. vi (American Editions of ''Gray's Anatomy'' – listings)]
Currently available editions
The current editions also contain histology
Histology,
also known as microscopic anatomy or microanatomy, is the branch of biology which studies the microscopic anatomy of biological tissues. Histology is the microscopic counterpart to gross anatomy, which looks at larger structures vis ...
, embryology
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, and pathology
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subjects that complements anatomical
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knowledge. The newest edition is the 42nd edition. The more popular 41st edition of ''Gray's Anatomy'' was published on 25 September 2015 by Elsevier
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in both print and online versions, and is the first edition to have enhanced online content including anatomical videos and a bonus ''Gray's'' imaging library. The 41st edition also has 24 specially invited online commentaries on contemporary anatomical topics such as advances in electron
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and are generally thought to be elementary particles because they have no kn ...
and fluorescent microscopy
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; the neurovascular bundles of the prostate
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; stem cells
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in regenerative medicine
Regenerative medicine deals with the "process of replacing, engineering or regenerating human or animal cells, tissues or organs to restore or establish normal function". This field holds the promise of engineering damaged tissues and organs by st ...
; the anatomy of facial aging; and technical aspects and applications of diagnostic radiology
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.
The senior editor of this book and accompanying website on ExpertConsult is Professor Susan Standring Susan Standring, PhD, DSc, MBE (2015), is Professor Emeritus of Experimental Neurobiology, former Head, Division of Anatomy, Cell and Human Biology, Guy's King's and St. Thomas' School of Biomedical Sciences, King's College London, London, editor-in ...
, who is Emeritus Professor
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of Anatomy at King's College London
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. The three most recent editions differ from all previous editions in an important aspect: they present anatomical structures by their regional anatomy
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It comprises a he ...
(i.e. ordered according to what part of the body the structures are located in – e.g. the anatomy of the bones, blood vessels and nerves, etc. of the upper extremity
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is described in one place). All editions of ''Gray's Anatomy'' previous to the 39th were organized by systemic anatomy
The human body is the structure of a human being. It is composed of many different types of cells that together create tissues and subsequently organ systems. They ensure homeostasis and the viability of the human body.
It comprises a he ...
(i.e. there were separate sections for the body's entire skeletal system
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, entire circulatory system
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and entire nervous system
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, etc.). The editors of the 39th edition acknowledged the validity of both approaches but switched to regional anatomy by popular demand.
Older, out-of-copyright editions of the book continue to be reprinted and sold, particularly on the internet. However it is not always clear which (British or American) edition these books are republications of. Many seem to be reprint
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s of the 1901 (probably U.S.) edition. Additionally, there are several sites where various older versions can be read online.
Henry Gray wrote ''Gray's Anatomy'' with an audience of medical student
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s and physician
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s in mind, especially surgeon
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s. For many decades however, precisely because Gray's textbook became such a classic, successive editors made major efforts to preserve its position as possibly the most authoritative text on the subject in English. Toward this end, a long-term strategy appears to have been to make each edition come close to containing a ''fully comprehensive'' account of the anatomical medical understanding available at the time of publication. The explosion of medical knowledge in the 20th century led to a vast expansion of the book, which threatened to collapse under its own weight metaphorically and physically. From the 35th edition onward, increased efforts were made to reverse this trend and keep the book readable by students. Nevertheless, the 38th edition contained 2,092 pages in large format – the highest page count of any and an increase from the 35th edition, which had 1,471 pages.[Description of 35th Edition (1973) at WorldCat]
Retrieved 21 March 2012 The current 41st edition has 1,584 pages.
Newer editions of ''Gray's Anatomy'' – and even several recent older ones – are still considered to be the most comprehensive and detailed textbooks on the subject. Despite previous efforts to keep ''Gray's Anatomy'' readable by students, when the 39th edition was published, students were identified as a secondary market for the book, and companion publications such as ''Gray's Anatomy for Students
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'',[Written by Richard L. Drake, Wayne Vogl and Adam W. M. Mitchell] ''Gray's Atlas of Anatomy'' and ''Gray's Anatomy Review'' have also been published in recent years.
Cultural influence
* In Mark Twain
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's ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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'', the book that Tom catches Becky Thatcher
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reading, and from which she tears a page, is implied to be ''Gray's Anatomy''.
* In Bette Bao Lord
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's 1984 book "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
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", Shirley Temple Wong and her new friend Emily secretly look at the "naked people" in ''Gray's Anatomy''.
* Early in the 1970 Tamil
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film ''Malathi'', medical students Gemini Ganesan
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and B. Saroja Devi
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try to obtain the 28th edition of ''Gray's Anatomy'' from an old book shop.
* Jean-Michel Basquiat
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's art was inspired by the book's illustrations since it was read by him many times when he was a child, especially when recovering from an accident he suffered.
* In the 1980 ''Little House on the Prairie
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'' episode "Laura Ingalls Wilder Part 1", Mrs. Harriet Oleson (Katherine MacGregor
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) is seen reading ''Gray's Anatomy'' in a perturbed manner.
* In the 1991 movie ''The Addams Family
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'' Granny (Judith Malina
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) reads ''Gray's Anatomy'' while Gomez (Raul Julia
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) is playing with his train sets.
* In Diana Gabaldon
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's 1994 novel '' Voyager'', Claire Fraser references a description of maxillary muscles in ''Gray's Anatomy.''
* The 1996 Steven Soderbergh
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film ''Gray's Anatomy
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'', featuring monologuist Spalding Gray
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, also takes its name from the title of the book, as does ''Gray's Anatomy: Selected Writings'', a 2009 book by British political philosopher John N. Gray
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.
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", the new Emergency Medical Hologram
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designed by Ensign Kim begins reciting the contents of ''Gray's Anatomy'' when activated, beginning with a description of the cell
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.
* The American medical drama
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''Grey's Anatomy
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'' (2005–present) is a play on words
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referring to both the textbook and the name of the series' lead character.[Horbury, Alison (28 July 2015)]
''Post-feminist Impasses in Popular Heroine Television: The Persephone Complex''
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. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
* The name of Jim Leonard Jr.'s 2006 play ''Anatomy of Gray
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'', which centers on a doctor visiting a small town in Indiana in 1880, takes its title as a play on ''Gray's Anatomy''.
* In Dan Brown
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's 2013 novel ''Inferno
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'', Sienna Brooks, as a child, reads all 1,600 pages of ''Gray's Anatomy'' in ten days.
* In the ABC television series '' The Good Doctor'' (2017–present), the lead character, Dr. Shaun Murphy, an autistic savant
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, often visualizes illustrations from ''Gray's Anatomy'' as he mentally diagnoses a patient's condition.
* In the series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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'' (season 2, episode 2), Willow found the book in the locker of a student who is suspected of digging up a body in a graveyard.
Explanatory notes
Citations
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External links
* N.B.: This is the most recent American version that is in the public domain.
Online version of ''Gray's Anatomy''
– The complete 20th U.S. edition of Gray's ''Anatomy of the Human Body'', published in 1918.
''Anatomy of the Human Body, 20th US Edition (1918)''
at LibriVox
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