A compendium of the anatomy of the human body : intended principally for the use of students / by Andrew Fyfe. This edition is prefixed with a compendious history of anatomy, and the Ruyschian art and method of making preparations to exhibit the study of the human body : illustrated with a representation of the quicksilver tray and its appendages, which are not in the London edition.

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Fyfe, Andrew, 1754-1824.

Contributor:

Hooper, Robert, 1773-1835.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 2297.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human anatomy.

Physical Description:

2 volumes : illustrations ; 17 cm

6x9 in.

monochrome

service copy

positive

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed and sold by James Humphreys, 1802.

Notes:

For a listing of titles in each box consult American bibliography : a preliminary checklist for 1801-1819 / compiled by Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker.

"A compendious history of anatomy" and "The Ruyschian art and method of making preparations to exhibit the structure of the human body" are by Robert Hooper, and are reprinted, with slight changes in text, from his: The anatomist's vademecum.

Includes index.

Microopaque. Worcester, Mass. : American Antiquarian Society, 1965. 6 microopaques ; 23 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 2297).

Cited in:

Shaw & Shoemaker, 2297.

OCLC:

15452081