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Sep 1, 2009 · Paperback – Illustrated, September 1, 2009. A wonderful writer, Bill Hayes tells the multi-layered story of the two extraordinary young men who produced the most famous medical text of all time - a turning point in medical history, and a continuing influence and inspiration for artists, doctors and anatomists a century and a half later.
Jan 13, 2008 · THE ANATOMIST A True Story of Gray’s Anatomy. By Bill Hayes. Illustrated. 250 pp. Ballantine Books. $24.95. D. T. Max is the author of “The Family That Couldn’t Sleep: A Medical Mystery.” ...
Jan 1, 2007 · The Anatomist would have been a solid 3/5 book, except that Hayes worked his way through Gray’s by observing and participating in anatomy courses. After watching television shows where dead bodies are a dime a dozen and hearing the now-ubiquitous references to med students literally lending a hand to friends, it was nice to read about their ...
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Tracing the triumphs and tragedies of these two extraordinary men, Hayes brings an equally extraordinary era–the mid-1800s–unforgettably to life. But the journey Hayes takes us on is not only outward but inward–through the blood and tissue and organs of the human body–for The Anatomist chronicles Hayes’s year as a student of classical ...
- Bill Hayes
- Ballantine Books, 2008
- illustrated
- The Anatomist: A True Story of Gray's Anatomy
About The Anatomist. The classic medical text known as Gray’s Anatomy is one of the most famous books ever written. Now, on the 150th anniversary of its publication, acclaimed science writer and master of narrative nonfiction Bill Hayes has written the fascinating, never-before-told true story of how this seminal volume came to be.
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List Price US $16.95. ISBN: 9781934137215. “A wonderful writer, Bill Hayes tells the multi-layered story of the two extraordinary young men who produced the most famous medical text of all time—a turning point in medical history, and a continuing influence and inspiration for artists, doctors and anatomists a century and a half later.
