Accession No
6762
Brief Description
book, Dissections Illustrated: A Graphic Handbook for students of Human Anatomy, by C. Gordon Brodie, English, 1892
Origin
England
Maker
Brodie, C. Gordon. [author] Highley , Percy [illustrator] Whitaker & Co. [publisher]
Class
books; medical
Earliest Date
1892
Latest Date
1892
Inscription Date
1892
Material
paper; ink
Dimensions
width 197mm, length 290mm
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(cover)
'DISSECTIONS ILLUSTRATE
A Graphic Handbook for students of Human Anatomy
BY
C. GORDON BRODIE, F.R.C.S.'
'SENIOR DEMONSTRATOR OF ANATOMY, MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL, MEDICAL SCHOOL
ASSISTANT SURGEON NORTH-WEST LONDON HOSPITAL'
'WITH PLATES DRAWN AND LIGHOGRAPHED BY
PERCY HIGHLEY'
'IN FOUR PARTS'
'PART I. - THE UPPER LIMB
WITH 17 COLOURED PLATES
TWO THIRDS NATURAL SIZE'
'WHITAKER & CO.
LONDON AND NEW YORK'
Description Notes
Book, Dissections Illustrated: A Graphic Handbook for students of Human Anatomy, by C. Gordon Brodie, English, 1892.
A book of 17 coloured illustration of human upper limb, with parts labelled and annotated. The author was C. Gordon Brodie, F.R.C.S., the illustrator was Percy Highley, and the publisher was Whitaker & Co.. The binding of the book is loose, and the cover is completely detached.
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This book is one of the for-volume series on human anatomy teaching for students. All were written by C. Gordon Brodie, illustrated by Percy Highley, and published by Whitaker & Co. in London in 1892.
Charles Gordon Brodie (1860-1933) was a medical general and orthopaedic surgeon. Educated at Middlesex Hospital, he later served in Western General Dispensary and North-West London Hospital. During the outbreak of WWI, he served as a military personnel and eventually was gazetted Lieutenant-colonel. Also passionate in astronomy, he was a member of the Royal Astronomy Society in London and of astronomical society in Paris. He built an observatory in Fernhill, Isle of Wight. He died in Isle of Wight and was survived by his wife.
Transverse Humeral Ligament (THL) forms a broad band bridging the lesser and greater tubercle of the humerus, overlying the long tendon of biceps as it emerges from the capsule of the shoulder joint. It was first named as Brodie's Ligament after Charles Gordon Brodie. The origin of the THL , according to Brodie, is Subscapularis, which can be pointed in this volume in Plate I. However, the idea of THL, though mentioned as a distinctive existence in many modern medical textbooks, is under debate. Many scholars now deem it doesn't exist.
The series of books he authored are still in print and used nowadays. The other three part would be: Part II. The Lower Limb, Part III. Head, Neck, and Thorax, and Part IV. Abdomen.
19/10/2022
Created by: Guey-Mei Hsu on 19/10/2022
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