Book Review: Wolf-Heideggers Atlas of Human Anatomy
Book Review: Wolf-Heideggers Atlas of Human Anatomy
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书评:沃尔夫·海德格尔人体解剖图谱
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10.1597/05-154.1
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发表时间:
2006
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G. Sperber
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G. Sperber
This lavish two-volume set of high-quality anatomy atlases has become a well-established classic, as evinced by the publication of its sixth edition, particularly within 5 years of its previous edition, which has been translated into Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and Turkish. To further emphasize its international stature, the original Latin nomenclature version with German and English captions, first published in 1954, is still available under the title Wolf-Heideggers Atlas der Anatomie des Menschen. Volume 1 deals with systemic anatomy, the body wall, and the limbs, whereas volume 2 is devoted to the head and neck, thorax, abdomen, pelvis, and central nervous system. The comprehensive 39page index is repeated in both volumes, each of which can be purchased separately. With little text, but with extensive captions and indices using the 1998 international Terminologica Anatomica, as well as eponymous and commonly used anatomical terms, the illustrations provide a feast of information. The figures portray topographical and systematic human anatomy in as many as seven correlated representations of many components (viz., photographs, diagrams, x-rays, including arteriograms, computed axial tomographs [CAT scans], magnetic resonance images [MRI tomograms], ultrasound sonographic images, and radioactive scintigrams), making the atlas clinically relevant to surgeons, radiographers, and all therapists. An interesting addendum to most drawings is a scale size, in percentages, that is relative to the actual size of specimens in the adult. Additionally, some physiological concepts, such as trajectorial bone patterns, are illustrated. Of particular interest to readers of this journal is the portrayal of the craniofacial complex with depictions of facial fracture lines, fascial planes, and a very detailed description of the dentition, with the Federation Dentaire Internationale nomenclature of tooth identification. However, one dental radiograph (Vol. 2, Fig. 55b) exhibits some horrible dental treatment! No mention is made of facial or palatal clefts. Historians of anatomy will rejoice in the detailed index of eponyms, revealing the historiography of early anatomists. Indeed, this set of atlases deserves to be listed with the iconography of the websites devoted to the classic historical anatomy atlases: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/historicalanatomies/ home.html and http://link.library.utoronto.ca/anatomia/application /index.cfm. In this age of computer-created models of anatomy teaching, it is a pleasure to be able to refer to a masterly representation of the intricacies of the human form in an elegant set of hardcover books printed on acid-free glossy paper that is a delight to both artists and bibliophiles.