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In two volumes. By Martinus W. Woerdeman. Price, $10 each volume; $18 for the set. Pp. 536 (volume I); 650 (volume II), with 512 illustrations (volume I); 642 illustrations (volume II). The Blakiston Company, 1012 Walnut St., Philadelphia 5, 1948.

AMA Arch Intern Med. 1951;87(1):177-178.

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This excellent two volume atlas is based primarily on regional anatomy, employing true presentations and few diagrams. The author has chosen to use the Latin descriptive terms of the Basle Nomina Anatomica (B.N.A.) in order to make it useful internationally. Plate subtitles are in English, however. The methods used for representing the various systems and regions show much careful thought on the part of the author in developing his presentation, and the result is one of the finest atlases now available. The artwork is accurate and clear and almost entirely in black and white, with only a few color plates. Significant anatomic variations between adult and child are shown in numerous plates of children and fetuses.

Volume I consists of the entire locomotor system, with thorough pictorial descriptions of bones, joints and muscles. Always, the emphasis remains on regional relationships.

The muscular system is presented in two ways: There is . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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