Bourgery: The Complete Atlas of Human Anatomy and Surgery

TASCHEN出版的巨著Bourgery: The Complete Atlas of Human Anatomy and Surgery，提供了一個功能強大、視覺化的人體解剖學。Jean Baptiste Marc Bourgery (1797-1849)為他的阿特拉斯解剖，欠了一大筆債；對於醫學影響的重大與深遠，卻是後人欠他一大筆債。這醫學史上最巨大的突破，兩百多年後，TASCHEN最全面，最精美的插圖出版這本巨著，為醫療界，或對於人體解剖有興趣者必讀作者是巴黎醫學博士Jean-Marie Le Minor將Bourgery論文分成四部分：解剖手術和技術、一般解剖、組織胚胎學，和顯微解剖；更精采的是作者壯觀手工著色，依照真人比例的解剖圖，包括人類的韌帶、肌肉、循環系統（動脈，靜脈，心臟）、神經、顯微解剖感官（眼，耳，舌味蕾，皮膚感受器）、腦、皮膚、 呼吸系統、消化系统、淋巴系統、生殖系統等解剖圖像，直觀經驗，清晰且震撼。Anatomically correctAn unsurpassed treatise of the human bodyWe owe a great debt to Jean Baptiste Marc Bourgery (1797 1849) for his Atlas of Anatomy, which was not only a massive event in medical history, but also remains one of the most comprehensive and beautifully illustrated anatomical treatises ever published.Bourgery began work on his magnificent atlas in 1830 in cooperation with illustrator Nicolas Henri Jacob (1782 1871), a student of the French painter Jacques Louis David. The first volumes were published the following year, but completion of the treatise required nearly two decades of dedication; Bourgery lived just long enough to finish his labor of love, but the last of the treatise s eight volumes was not published in its entirety until five years after his death.The four parts of Bourgery s treatise cover descriptive anatomy, surgical anatomy and techniques (exploring in detail nearly all the major operations that were performed during the first half of the 19th century), general anatomy and embryology, and microscopic anatomy. Jacob s spectacular hand-colored, life-size lithographs are remarkable for their clarity, color, and aesthetic appeal, reflecting a combination of direct laboratory observation and illustrative research. Unsurpassed to this day, the images offer exceptional anatomical insight, not only for those in the medical field but also for artists, students, and anyone interested in the workings and wonder of the human body.