Eight anatomical tables of the human body containing the principle parts of the Skeletons & Muscles represented in the large tables of Albinus; to wc. are added Concise Explanations by John Innes Edinburgh 1776
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Title: Eight anatomical tables of the human body containing the principle parts of the Skeletons & Muscles represented in the large tables of Albinus; to wc. are added Concise Explanations by John Innes Edinburgh 1776
Classmark: MS 2032/6
Original reference: MS 558
Creator(s): Innes, John (1739-1777)
Date(s): 1776
Language: English
Size and medium: 1 volume
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/5491
Collection group(s): Medical Collections
Description
Manuscript copy of the work 'Eight anatomical tables of the human body [...]', by the anatomist John Innes, which was first published in 1776, with later editions in 1778 and 1779.
Begins with a foreword by Innes, then the anatomical descriptions, with 8 plates engraved by Thomas Donaldson interleaved. Paginated, pp.1-46.
Bookplate of Leeds School of Medicine on front paste-down, dated 1837, and presentation label recording its gift by Dr. [Adam] Hunter. The date 1812 is written on the paste-down, slightly obscured by the bookplate.
Biography or history
John Innes (1739-1777) was a Scottish anatomist, who performed anatomical demonstrations at the University of Edinburgh.
Adam Hunter (1794-1843), was a physician at the Leeds General Infirmary between 1824-1842. He also lectured at Leeds School of Medicine from its opening year in 1831.
Sources:
Norman Moore, ‘Innes, John (1739-1777)’, rev. Michael Bevan, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/14430, accessed 23 Feb 2017]
S.T. Anning, 'The General Infirmary at Leeds Volume II: The Second Hundred Years 1869-1965 (E&S Livingstone Ltd, London & Edinburgh: 1966), p.145
Provenance
Presented as a gift to the Leeds School of Medicine Library by Adam Hunter in 1837; transferred to Special Collections in 1981. Previously catalogued under an artificial collection, SC MS Case notes.
Access and usage
Access
This part of the collection is fully accessible and not subject to protection under the Data Protection Act
Physical and technical conditions
Front board is completely detached; a number of pages are loose from the binding.