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Summary: A classic reference source
Review: For med students, funeral directors, artists, model makers, special effects technicians, this is a CLASSIC book! Even if you just want to know about the human body and how it works, GET this book! Don't let the size of it fool or intimidate you.
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Summary: Not good for DIY surgery
Review: Gray anatomy's is an excellent text for those who want to understand the working of the human body, Its pop-up book structure enables the reader to see in three dimensions the inner working of all the main internal organs and some of the more obscure ones such as the thyroid gland, and the pituitary gland. In fact, glands are comprehensively covered in this encyclopedic text. Unfortunately, there are many obscure Latin words in the text, particularly referring to parts of the body, for some reason, and it would much more preferable and less confusing if future editions were written in plain English. In many ways the book is similar to the series of Haynes DIY auto manuals that enable the amateur car mechanic keep their ailing old bangers, such as the type I Ford Escorts and Morris Marinas on the road. As a result, for those interested in reducing their medical expenses or impatient with long hospital waiting lists, the temptation is after reading this book is to "have a go yourself" and remove your own appendix or transplant a kidney. I should say at this point that modern surgery is a lot more involved than simply "knowing where all the bits are" and this should be strongly discouraged. Only those who have completely read the whole book should think about taking on a craniotomy on the kitchen table and only then with another responsible adult in the room who can act as an anesthetist. For those who are animal lovers sadly this book is destined to disappoint there are not a single description of the dissection of any thing other than the human body, this narrow minded unanthropomorphic view of the subject matter will surely deter the more holistic readers who believe that looking at the map of a cat or lion or even the nasal cavity of a proboscis monkey, Nasalis larvatus, could bring in new insights to modern surgery.
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Summary: As good as you have heard.
Review: Gray's Anatomy is a "classic" book on Anatomy. Unusual for a classic, it is everything you have heard. The drawings are beautiful, accurate, and interesting. At the same time, this book was a standard text for Anatomy since 1901. As such, the drawing are only part of this book. The book's main effort is to explanation human anatomy. It does so wonderfully and clearly, with words. The drawings are only there to help with the text's explanations.A quick warning. Since this book has been around since before 1901, there are many, many different versions. Make sure you check the printing date of the one you buy. The human body has not changed since this first editions, but our access to it has. As such, while some of the earlier books are beautiful to look at, the later editions are more valuable as a reference tool.
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Summary: As good as you have heard.
Review: Gray's Anatomy is a "classic" book on Anatomy. Unusual for a classic, it is everything you have heard. The drawings are beautiful, accurate, and interesting. At the same time, this book was a standard text for Anatomy since 1901. As such, the drawing are only part of this book. The book's main effort is to explanation human anatomy. It does so wonderfully and clearly, with words. The drawings are only there to help with the text's explanations. A quick warning. Since this book has been around since before 1901, there are many, many different versions. Make sure you check the printing date of the one you buy. The human body has not changed since this first editions, but our access to it has. As such, while some of the earlier books are beautiful to look at, the later editions are more valuable as a reference tool.
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Summary: The essential encyclopedia of anatomy.
Review: Gray's Anatomy is the most detailed anatomy encyclopedia you will ever find. It is updated and revised regularly and is integral for medical students. The reason why I can not give this great work of non-fiction five stars is: 1.) The pictures are very dry and hard to decipher. 2.) The archaic English found in the book can, at times, be tedious.
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Summary: Comprehensive information. Lacky illustrations....
Review: I am a student and an emergency medical professional... The amount of information contained in this book is impressive and it is small enough to carry in a briefcase for reference. The text is clear and comprehensive. It has a through rundown of all the human systems and extremely detailed breakdowns of the human anatomy itself. Two things I'm not so impressed with, however - which are very important - are: 1. Illustrations are bountiful...but are in black and white and it is VERY hard to differentiate between structures....and little lines that point to specific structures dissappear in the drawing, instead of quickly mapping things out. 2. There are VERY few full size/system illustrations....for example, there is not a picture of the entire anterior/posterior/lateral skull, abdominal cavity, chest cavity, or appendages for quick reference...instead, all the illustrations are piece by piece...one page has the mandible, one the eye bones...it is all broken down into little sections. I recommend buying a large, detailed A&P book and just using this as a reference.
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Summary: Beware! This Edition May be over 100 Years Old!
Review: I am now speaking to you as an anatomist and as a professor of human gross anatomy -- Student Beware. This is not the book that you think it is. Look carefully. Gray's Anatomy currently comes in two english editions. The British Version (now in its 39th edition) retails for about... The American Version (now in its 30th edition) retails for about ... If the edition you are looking at costs considerably less than those prices ASK YOURSELF WHY!. You are probably considering the "classic collectors edition" which is a reprint of the 1901 American Edition. There is nothing wrong with that edition, if you are interested in the history of science. However, much of the terminology has changed and in 100 years we have developed a much deeper understanding of human anatomy. Know what you are buying. If you are a serious student of anatomy, you probably do not want this to be your first (or only) edition of Gray's Anatomy.
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Summary: Buyer Beware!
Review: I want to reinforce what reviewer Thomas Greiner wrote, because it appears that so many other reviewers may be unaware that there is an edition of Gray's Anatomy that is much more current, useful, and abundantly illustrated than this one.
This reprint of the classic 1901 edition can be recommended for only limited reasons: It is relatively compact and easy to carry around; it is inexpensive; and it's a classic of historical interest. It's authoritative and well written, but it is poorly illustrated (a much more verbal than pictorial guide to anatomy), some of its terminology is long out of date, and it is lacking in scientific currency.
For medical students, health-care professionals, personal injury attorneys, or others who want and can afford a more current and comprehensive reference, I strongly recommend the 1995, 38th British Edition of Gray's Anatomy (ISBN 0-443-04560-7). It's much more expensive (about $215), but well worth it. It is THE definitive reference work and belongs on the shelf of anyone who needs an up-to-date, comprehensive, impeccably authoritative, and well-illustrated treatment of human structure.
For artists who need to know what's under the skin; for anyone who wants a more visual than verbal presentation of human anatomy; for nursing, physical therapy, or other allied health students who need less detail that Gray's; for others who can't afford a $215 anatomy book; and for anyone wanting a visual atlas to complement Gray's, the following are excellent atlases that would serve far better than the 1901 Gray's.
For photographic treatments of cadaveric anatomy I recommend "Color Atlas of Anatomy" (Rohen & Yokochi); their smaller and less expensive, paperback version, "Photographic Anatomy of the Human Body" (Yokochi, Rohe, & Weinreb); or "McMinn's Color Atlas of Human Anatomy" (Abrahams, Marks, & Hutchings).
For lineart atlases, which have some explanatory advantages over photography, I recomment "Atlas of Human Anatomy" (Netter), "Grant's Atlas of Anatomy" (Agur), or "Anatomy" (Clemente). All of these are visually fascinating atlases, although they offer very little of the verbal description needed for functional insight. For that, I recommend "Clinically Oriented Anatomy" (Moore and Dalley). Most students would probably be best served by Moore & Dalley and one of the aforementioned atlases. Other than the British Gray's, if I could have only two human anatomy books, they would be Moore & Dalley and Rohen & Yokochi.
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Summary: A MUST HAVE ANATOMY BOOK FOR SURGEONS...
Review: IAM A ORTHOPEDIST, AND AS A SURGEON I THINK THIS BOOK IS AS USEFULL AS IT WAS A CENTURY AGO, TODAY THE ORTHOPEDICS HAVE CHANGE A LOT BUT ANATOMY REMAINS THE SAME. I LIKE THIS BOOK THE DAY BEFORE I GO TO A NORMAL SURGERY, EVEN WHEN A EMERGENCY IS OVER I TAKE A LOOK IN THE REST ROOM WHILE I CHANGE MY CLOTHES.I RECOMENNDED IT TO EVERY DOCTOR THAT IS GOING TO BE SURGEON OR EVEN THE CLINICIAN MUST REVISE IT AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE...
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Summary: Very detailed but a little dry
Review: This book is a classic and is comprehensive in scope. Each body part is fully covered with exacting illustrations and a full, but somewhat dry, description of the anatomy and function of that part. As a lay person, I sometimes have difficulty fully understanding medical and scientific terms in the text. Nonetheless, I know that what I want to look up will be fully illustrated and explained, probably in even more detail than I require.
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