herbw t1_j03feus wrote on December 13, 2022 at 8:15 PM

Reply to comment by Flaxmoore in TIL Henry Gray published the first edition of 'Gray's Anatomy', which covered 750 pages and contained 363 figures at the age of 31 years. At the age of 26, he obtained the Astley Cooper prize of three hundred guineas for a dissertation "On the structure and Use of Spleen." by whoiskamalsingh

Where we studied, Gray's was rather relegated to the antique books section. Much new had been found and the language in Gray's was so opaque to modern readers, that we just ignored it, gathering dust.

Since then more accurate descriptions & modern, clearer language is being used.

Gray's is more like talking about antique books & Hx of med, than modern texts. IOW human anatomy moved on, and Gray's stagnated into oblivion.