1895 –1903 SPALTEHOLZ, Karl Werner (1861 – 1940)
Handatlas der Anatomie des Menschen. 3 vols.
16th edition in English, 1967.
GMN 430 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1031
1896 –1934 BARDELEBEN, Karl von (1849 – 1918)
Handbuch der Anatomie des Menschen. 32 parts.
An important collective work.
GMN 433 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1047
1900 TEACHER, John Hammond (1869 – 1930); HUNTER, William (1718 – 1783)
Catalogue of the anatomical and pathological preparations of Dr. William Hunter in the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 7588 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9760
1900 MCCLELLAN, George (1849 – 1913)
Anatomy in its relation to art. An exposition of the bones and muscles of the human body with especial reference to their influence upon its actions and external form.
The work was offered for sale by J. B. Lippincott with title pages dated 1901. Digital facsimile of the Lippincott issue from Google Books at this link.
GMN 10588 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12781
1901 –1905 PONFICK, Emil (1844 – 1913)
Topographischer Atlas der medizinisch-chirurgischen Diagnostik. Topographic Atlas medico-surgical diagnosis. Atlas Topographique de diagnostic médico-chirurgical. 5 parts.
Contains 30 chromolithographed plates of cross-sectional anatomy made from frozen sections, with accompanying uncolored outline plates and text, published in German, English and French. Digital facsimile from biusante…
GMN 13226 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15490
1904 –1907 SOBOTTA, Robert Heinrich Johannes (1869 – 1945)
Atlas der descriptiven Anatomie des Menschen. 3 vols.
I. Abt. Knochen, Bänder, Gelenke und Muskeln. II. Abt. Die Eingeweide der Menschen einschliesslich des Herzens. III. Abt. Die Gefässlehre, die Nervenlehre und die Lehre von den Sinnesorganen der Menschen. Translated i…
GMN 9991 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12180
1905 –1906 WATERSTON, David
The Edinburgh stereoscopic atlas of Anatomy. Edited by David Waterston. 5 vols.
The first large scale application of stereoscopic photography to anatomy. The 5 parts each contain 50 stereo cards on which are pasted original stereo photographs and corresponding printed descriptive text. Digital fa…
GMN 10599 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12792
1906 BARDELEBEN, Karl von (1849 – 1918)
Lehrbuch der systematischen Anatomie des Menschen.
GMN 434 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1050
1906 MALL, Franklin Paine (1862 – 1917)
A study of the structural unit of the liver.
Mall defined the liver's structural unit as a tissue block centered on a portal vein, rather than the classic hepatic lobule centered on a central vein. He proposed that the structural unit of the liver is defined by …
GMN 14351 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16681
1911 EYCLESHYMER, Albert Chauncey (1867 – 1925); JONES, Thomas S "Tom" (1885 – 1961); SMITH, Carroll (1878 – 1966); POTTER, Peter (1875 – ); SCHOEMAKER, Daniel Martin (1867 – 1951)
A cross-section anatomy, by Albert C. Eycleshymer and Daniel M. Schoemaker. Average position of organs from eleven reconstructions, by Peter Potter. Sections of the female pelvis, by Carroll Smith. Drawings by Tom Jones.
The historical introduction includes a bibliographical history of cross-sectional anatomies from frozen sections. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
GMN 7644 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9816
1911 DOYEN, Eugène-Louis (1859 – 1916)
Atlas d'anatomie topographique. 7 parts in 12.
With J.-P. Bouchon and R. Doyen. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
GMN 7743 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9915
1911 MALL, Franklin Paine (1862 – 1917)
On the muscular architecture of the ventricles of the human heart.
GMN 12262 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14479
1913 –1914 MERKEL, Friedrich Sigmund (1845 – 1919)
Die Anatomie des Menschen. 3 pts.
GMN 435 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1067
1919 –1922 BRÖDEL, Max (1870 – 1941)
American Frohse anatomical charts. Edited, revised and augmented by Max Brödel. With: A key to the Frohse anatomical charts.
10 wall charts, each 42 x 64 inches, comprising a total of 76 colored illustrations life size or larger. Chart 1: Human Skeleton Chart 2: Muscles, front and back Chart 3: Nervous and Circulatory Systems Chart 4: a Sch…
GMN 10206 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12395
1922 –1931 KAHN, Fritz (1888 – 1968)
Das Leben des Menschen. Eine volkstümliche Anatomie, Biologie, Physiologie und Entwicklungsgeschichte des Menschen. 5 vols.
By developing a new infographics style of illustration in which physiological processes and other technical medical and biological concepts were often depicted as, or compared to machines, Kahn made medical and biolog…
GMN 7649 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9821
1924 MOLLIER, Siegfried (1866 – 1954); SACHS, Hermann (1883 – 1940)
Plastische Anatomie: Die konstruktive Form des menschlichen Körpers. Mit Bildern von Hermann Sachs.
An anatomy for artists, illustrated by Hermann Sachs.
GMN 13680 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15962
1924 SONNTAG, Charles F. (1887 – 1925)
The morphology and evolution of the apes and man. With a foreward by Professor G. Elliot Smith.
As far as I able to determine in 2024, Sonntag's book was the first attempt to write a general treatise on what eventually came to be called "human evolutionary anatomy," in the sense of studying the relationship betw…
GMN 14287 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16610
1927 –1943 MÖLLENDORFF, Wilhelm von (1887 – 1944)
Handbuch der mikroskopischen Anatomie des Menschen. 7 vols. [in 17.]
GMN 563 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/293
1928 ADACHI, Buntarō (1865 – 1945); HASEBE, Kotondo (1882 – 1969)
Das Arteriensystem der Japaner von Dr. Buntaro Adachi unter Mitwirkung von Dr. Kotondo Hasebe ... mit 539 Abbildungen im Text und auf vier farbigen Tafeln sowie mit etwa 700 Tabellen.
GMN 9516 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11701
1935 BRÖDEL, Max (1870 – 1941); FROHSE, Franz; WILLIAMS, Jesse Feiring (1886 – 1966); SCHLOSSBERG, Leon (1912 – 1999)
Atlas of human anatomy, with explanatory text by Jesse Feiring Williams...colored illustrations by Franz Frohse, Max Brödel and Leon Schlossberg.
Reproduced Frohse's anatomical charts in much reduced form with supplementary charts added by Brödel and Schlossberg of Johns Hopkins.
GMN 10205 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12394
1937 –1960 PERNKOPF, Eduard (1888 – 1955)
Topographische Anatomie des Menschen. Lehrbuch und Atlas der regionär-stratigraphischen Präparation. 4 vols. in 7. Vol. 1 in 2 pts: Brust un Brustgliedmasse, 1937; Vol. 2 in 2 pts: Bauch, Becken und Beckengliedmasse, 1941; Vol. 3: Der Hals, 1952; Vol. 4 in 2 pts: Topographische und stratigraphischen Anatomie des Kopfes, 1957, 1960.
Pernkopf's anatomy is remarkable for the intricacy of its detailed images and its "regional stratigraphic" approach, i.e. "multiple layers of dissection with an emphasis on fascia shown and reflected, approaching the …
GMN 10200 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12389
1943 RILEY, Henry Alsop (1887 – 1966)
An atlas of the basal ganglia, brain stem and spinal cord, Based on myelin-stained material.
"Classic atlas of the human brain (excluding the cerebral and cerebellar cortex). Each structure has a blurb with varying amounts of useful historical and factual information. There is also a very useful bibliography …
GMN 7347 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9519
1945 MARSH, Reginald (1898 – 1954)
Anatomy for artists.
By the famous American social realist artist.
GMN 9177 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11356
1948 NETTER, Frank Henry (1906 – 1991)
The Ciba collection of medical illustrations. A compilation of pathological and anatomical paintings prepared by Frank H. Netter, M.D.
This was the first collection of anatomical images by Netter published in book form.
GMN 10204 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12393
1953 –1990 NETTER, Frank Henry (1906 – 1991)
Ciba collection of medical illustrations. 8 vols. in 13.
"In all, Netter produced nearly 4,000 illustrations, which have been included in countless publications. In perspective, that number represents an image researched, sketched, and completely painted for every three bus…
GMN 10203 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12392
1954 SINGER, Marcus (1914 – 1994); YAKOVLEV, Paul Ivan (1894 – 1983)
The human brain in sagittal section.
A superb atlas is based on sagittal sections. This was an innovative approach for the time as almost all previous illustration of the adult human brain was typically based on frontal or horizontal sections: “in conseq…
GMN 7351 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9523
1957 WOERDEMANN, Martinus Willem (1892 – 1990)
Nomina anatomica Parisiensia (1955) and B.N.A. (1895).
Includes historical sketch of the systems of anatomical nomenclature.
GMN 436 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1068
1959 WILSON, Mitchell; DEWITT, Cornelius Hugh (1905 – 1995); SELIGMANN, Arthur W.
The human body, what it is and how it works. Text by Mitchell Wilson. Illustrations by Cornelius De Witt. Arthur W. Seligmann, M.D., medical consultant.
A modern classic of medical illustration, and the popularization of medicine. The artist is best known for illustrating children's books.
GMN 13256 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15521
1961 YAKOVLEV, Paul Ivan (1894 – 1983); ANGEVINE, Jay Bernard Jr. (1928 – 2012); MANCALL, Elliott L. (1927 – 2013)
The human cerebellum. An atlas of gross topography in serial sections.
GMN 7352 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9524
1969 CRELIN, Edmund Slocum Jr. (1923 – 2004)
Anatomy of the newborn: An atlas.
Self-illustrated by Crelin, this was the first atlas of human infant anatomy. Crelin followed this with a synopsis of the atlas, Functional anatomy of the newborn (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1973).
GMN 10211 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12400
1970 HAMILTON, William James (1903 – 1975); BOYD, J. B.
The human placenta.
An elegantly published and illustrated monograph with extensive historical material.
GMN 11112 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13308
1970 C. S. HAMMOND & CO.
Hammond's wall atlas of human anatomy.
With pages measuring 731 x 536 mm., this is the largest anatomical atlas ever published with plastic overlays. The covers include metal grommets so that the book could be hung on the wall. The work was undated, but is…
GMN 14216 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16532
1971 ANGEVINE, Jay Bernard Jr. (1928 – 2012); SIDMAN, Richard Leon; TABER PIERCE, Elizabeth
Atlas of the mouse brain and spinal cord.
"This is an exceptionally systematic, beautifully produced atlas of the mouse central nervous system in the three standard planes, with alternating cell-stained (Nissl method with cresyl violet) sections and myelin-st…
GMN 7353 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9525
1971 BECKER, R. Frederick; WILSON, James W.; GEHWEILER, John A.
The anatomical basis of medical practice.
A notorious anatomy textbook that was pulled from the market by the publisher due to protest over its use of Playboy magazine type models to illustrate female external anatomy, as well as its sexist language. Preface:…
GMN 14020 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16327
1975 MCALPINE, Wallace Arnold (1920 – 2005)
Heart and coronary arteries: An anatomical atlas for clinical diagnosis, radiological investigation, and surgical treatment.
With 1,098 images this is "probablly the highest quality atlas of the heart ever produced" (W. Bruce Fye). This atlas received recognition throughout the world, including a Gold Medal at the International Book Festiva…
GMN 11691 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13892
1986 U.S. NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
The Visible Human Project.
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html "The Visible Human Project® is an outgrowth of the NLM's 1986 Long-Range Plan. It is the creation of complete, anatomically detailed, three-dimensional repre…
GMN 10201 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12390
1986 BOSMA, James F. (1916 – 2001)
The anatomy of the infant head.
GMN 14021 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16328
1987 CRELIN, Edmund Slocum Jr. (1923 – 2004)
The human vocal tract: Anatomy, function, development, and evolution.
GMN 10212 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12401
1988 BERGMAN, Ronald Arly (1927 – ); AFIFI, Adel K.; THOMPSON, Sue Ann
Compendium of human anatomic variation: Text, atlas, and world Literature.
A recent edition is Bergman's Comprehensive encyclopedia of human anatomic variation edited by R. Shane Tubbs, Mohammadali M. Shoja, and Marios Loukas. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell, 2016.
GMN 11141 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13337
1989 NETTER, Frank Henry (1906 – 1991)
Atlas of human anatomy.
The culmination of the life work of one of the greatest, and most prolific, anatomical illustrators of the 20th century. Includes 514 full-color plates, many of which were created for this atlas. Reproduction of previ…
GMN 436.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1084
1991 ELLIS, Harold (1926 – ); LOGAN, Bari M.; DIXON, Adrian Kendall (1948 – )
Human cross-sectional anatomy: Atlas of body sections and CT images.
GMN 7718 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9890
1991 BRÖDEL, Max (1870 – 1941); CROSBY, Ranice W. (1915 – 2007); CODY, John (1925 – 2016)
Max Brödel, The man who put art into medicine
In the late 1890s, Brödel was brought to the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine to illustrate for Harvey Cushing, William Halsted, Howard Kelly, and other notable clinicians. Besides creating a prolific amount of work B…
GMN 10202 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12391
1991 BERGMAN, Ronald Arly (1927 – ); AFIFI, Adel K.; JEW, Jean A.; RIEMANN, Paul C.
Atlas of human anatomy in cross section.
"We were impressed with the magnitude and depth of the work by Eycleshymer and Schoemaker, A Cross-Section Anatomy, published by D. Appleton Company in 1911, and now out of print. As a consequence, our goal was to pro…
GMN 11140 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13336
1992 SWANSON, Larry William (1945 – )
Brain maps: Structure of the rat brain.
The first computer graphics atlas of the brain of any species, with the illustration files also available separately (1993). The work included a complete and systematic, hierarchically organized set of annotated nomen…
GMN 7354 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9526
1998 NIEUWENHUYS, Rudolf (1927 – ); DONKELAAR, Hendrik Jan, ten (1946 – ); NICHOLSON, Charles
The central nervous system of vertebrates. 3 vols.
A massive contribution to comparative vertebrate neuroanatomy, the life-work of the authors. Includes a comprehensive account of the structural organisation of all vertebrate groups, ranging from amphioxus and lamprey…
GMN 7350 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9522
1998 PEITGEN, Heinz-Otto (1945 – ); BERGHORN, Wilhelm; BIEL, Matthias
The complete visible human: The complete high-resolution male and female anatomical datasets from the Visible Human Project.
The first anatomically exact and complete, three-dimensional, computer-generated reconstruction of actual human bodies. Includes 2 CD-ROMs. See https://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html.
GMN 7642 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9814
