The Constant Change in Medicinal Knowledge

Guichard-Joseph Duverney’s (1745) Essaie d’Anatomie en Tableaux Imprimés is a book written for the purposes of teaching the elite members of society: primarily wealthy students and doctors, about the anatomy of the human body. The book itself is unlike any other book. It is approximately 50 cm in length and 30 cm in width. It’s cover is red, made of leather, and most probably not the original cover to this work. Although its print is similar to times new roman, some letters are difficult to understand. Health and Medicine in the Enlightenment, written by E. C. Spray, provides readers with…