Friday, February 27, 2009

John Lizars - Anatomical Plates


A SYSTEM OF ANATOMICAL PLATES OF THE HUMAN BODY

Drawn by John Lizars F.R.S.E., the 19th century anatomist and surgeon who studied at the University of Edinburgh and who was to later become Professor of Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons. Engraved by his Brother William Lizars and published between 1822 and 1826 for John Lizars, hand colored version at right.

See a copy at Google Books.

Article on John Lizars by Arnold Levene. Another article titled Centenary of a Forgotten Pioneer of the Surgery of Trigeminal Neuralgia.







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