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Grays anatomy , actually GRAY'S ANATOMYby Henry GrayGrays Anatomy does not exist! However there is a very important book called Gray's Anatomy, but out of deference to computers that are unable to grasp the niceties of the English language, we have had to omit the precious '! One of the most treasured books in my library is a fairly ancient edition of Gray’s Anatomy. It's tatty, well thumbed, and still has a slight odour of formalin! It’s treasured firstly just because it's a Grays, one of those great books like the Bible and Winnie the Pooh that have stood the test of time! But also because it's quite old, seventy years, and belonged to my mother. On the fly she penned the words, When I leave this world, in these cold hands, all that I may take with me, is what they’ve given away. Food for thought for anyone, but particularly for a chiropractor.
Who was Henry Gray?
Henry Gray was born in 1827. He studied anatomy, becoming a lecturer at St. George’s Hospital medical school in London. This is really quite an important year. It’s exactly 150 years ago that the first edition of Gray's Anatomy was published. In 1858, when he was only 31 years old.
Ongelooflijk, as the Dutch say. Unbelievable!A truly mammoth task, it took Gray, with help from colleagues I am sure, only three years from conception to publication of the first text for students and surgeons.Ask any author. Three years to produce ANY book is a wonder. Gray’s Anatomy in so short a time? Unbelievable. Perhaps he had a premonition. It was only three short years later that he caught smallpox whilst caring for a relative and died at the tender age of 34. More food for thought.As an aside, many chiropractors, myself included, still have grave doubts about vaccinations, but let’s give credit where credit is due. Vaccinations have rid the planet of the terrible scourge of smallpox.The 40th edition of Grays Anatomy, actually Gray's Anatomy, but being obliged to worship at the Holy Grail of computers, we have to omit the treasured ' of English language, will be published this year by Churchill Livingstone, and C.V. Mosby. Still the most authoritative text on anatomy, it will make a fine gift for any chiropractor, or chiropractic student. It certainly will not be a white elephant. May cost you a bit!
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