Anatomical Oddities

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Not only is there a wide range of anatomical terms, body parts and info included but some great facts and intriguing science.

This may not help you find your appendix, but it will show you curious organs, muscles and bones that I had no idea existed. Circa 1870, this heirloom medical tool set for post-mortem dissection was passed down through generations of physicians in the Leavitt family of Philadelphia - and donated to the museum in 1975. This Esmarch inhaler anesthesia kit contains a glass flask, inhaler, and tongue forceps; these were popular during the 1840s in Great Britain and the United States for military and civilian use - even up to the 1950s. Alice Roberts has a great writing voice and makes a subject that could easily fall into textbook territory engaging to read for both the casual enthusiast and someone who has studied this topic before.Please Note: By their very nature, all signed books will have been handled several times before they get to you. Each entry is fairly short, a page, so the book can be read straight through or kept handy for when you want to dip in for a bit. So many of the Grimms' fairy tales deal with the corporeal human body, whether dealing with sicknesses or a magical transformation or the various unpleasant things that can happen to the body," curator Anna Dhody tells The Metro West Daily News. This beautiful Giclée print is available in a limited edition of 100, signed by the artist - perfect for any art collectors. Staff at an anonymous medical school found this jar in a closet, which contains a stillborn conjoined twin study specimen from the 19th century.

Scientific American is part of Springer Nature, which owns or has commercial relations with thousands of scientific publications (many of them can be found at www. Mütter opened his own office shortly thereafter and his unique empathy as a young surgeon quickly garnered many loyal patients around Philadelphia. Professor Alice Roberts is an academic, author and broadcaster, specialising in human anatomy, physiology, evolution, archaeology and history. It was well written, and readers can feel the expertise and knowledge that has gone into crafting the book. Scientific American maintains a strict policy of editorial independence in reporting developments in science to our readers.Bulging disks, fragile bones, fractured hips, torn ligaments, varicose veins, cataracts, hearing loss, hernias and hemorrhoids: the list of bodily malfunctions that plague us as we age is long and all too familiar.

Rush was a premier physician practicing at the Pennsylvania Hospital from 1783 until his death in 1813. We focus on anatomical “oddities” and “design flaws” not only because they would be familiar to most readers, but because they represent a small sample of lethal and disabling conditions that threaten the length and quality of life. Alice Roberts brings her artistic talents and her deep knowledge of science and medicine to her illustrated book Anatomical Anomalies.There are countless other aspects of human biology that would merit modification if health and longevity were nature's primary objective. That said, it would make a very cute and informative coffee table book if you have a science background! From your brain to your fingertips, you emerge from her book entertained and with a deeper understanding of yourself. One can have seen this with a non-human skeleton, such as a skeleton or individual bones of any mammal.