GRAY’S Clinical Neuroanatomy The Anatomic Basis for Clinical Neuroscience
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Gray’s Anatomy has been a cornerstone of medical education since its original appear-
ance in 1858. It has provided a remarkably authoritative description of both gross and
microscopic anatomy of the human body for many generations of medical students
and practicing medical scientists on a worldwide basis. It has been, and remains, cher-
ished not only as a primary source of anatomical knowledge but also as a reliable
resource to which the student or practitioner might return for many years, indeed,
throughout the entire length of a medical career. Although the classical text is regularly
updated, recent major developments in both basic and clinical medicine have prompted
a major reconsideration of the utility of a single large volume devoted to all of human
anatomy. Concerns are especially related to the increasing specialization, if not frank
fragmentation, of the medical arts with which the contemporary physician must deal
on a day-to-day basis. As a consequence of such a reappraisal, a decision has been
made to extract focused portions of the major text devoted to specific conceptual
domains. Gray’s Anatomy itself will remain as authoritative as ever but will be expanded
by the inclusion of clinical case material to illustrate in depth, whenever possible, the
application of anatomical principles to the bedside. The field of neuroanatomy lends
itself particularly well to such a departure from the more traditional approach to
human anatomy, with the original Gray’s material being utilized as the foundation for
such an enhanced pedagogical approach. In Gray’s Clinical Neuroanatomy, virtually all
the original neuroanatomical text in the thirty-ninth edition is preserved, although it is
transposed and rearranged to meet innovative structural guidelines and is comple-
mented by a host of clinical case vignettes, which in turn are augmented by visual
materials designed to strengthen the link between the clinic and the dissecting room.
It must be emphasized that there has been no attempt to develop yet another com-
prehensive textbook of neurology as such; the neurological disorders cited here are
entirely exemplary and directly relevant to the underlying anatomical principles of the
traditional Gray’s.
ance in 1858. It has provided a remarkably authoritative description of both gross and
microscopic anatomy of the human body for many generations of medical students
and practicing medical scientists on a worldwide basis. It has been, and remains, cher-
ished not only as a primary source of anatomical knowledge but also as a reliable
resource to which the student or practitioner might return for many years, indeed,
throughout the entire length of a medical career. Although the classical text is regularly
updated, recent major developments in both basic and clinical medicine have prompted
a major reconsideration of the utility of a single large volume devoted to all of human
anatomy. Concerns are especially related to the increasing specialization, if not frank
fragmentation, of the medical arts with which the contemporary physician must deal
on a day-to-day basis. As a consequence of such a reappraisal, a decision has been
made to extract focused portions of the major text devoted to specific conceptual
domains. Gray’s Anatomy itself will remain as authoritative as ever but will be expanded
by the inclusion of clinical case material to illustrate in depth, whenever possible, the
application of anatomical principles to the bedside. The field of neuroanatomy lends
itself particularly well to such a departure from the more traditional approach to
human anatomy, with the original Gray’s material being utilized as the foundation for
such an enhanced pedagogical approach. In Gray’s Clinical Neuroanatomy, virtually all
the original neuroanatomical text in the thirty-ninth edition is preserved, although it is
transposed and rearranged to meet innovative structural guidelines and is comple-
mented by a host of clinical case vignettes, which in turn are augmented by visual
materials designed to strengthen the link between the clinic and the dissecting room.
It must be emphasized that there has been no attempt to develop yet another com-
prehensive textbook of neurology as such; the neurological disorders cited here are
entirely exemplary and directly relevant to the underlying anatomical principles of the
traditional Gray’s.
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Elliott L. Mancall, MD, “GRAY’S Clinical Neuroanatomy The Anatomic Basis for Clinical Neuroscience,” KOLEKSI DIGITAL - UNIVERSITAS PRIMA NUSANTARA BUKITTINGGI, accessed December 28, 2024, http://digilib.upnb.ac.id/items/show/2565.