Henry Gray

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Henry Gray

Henry Gray (pronounced: /ˈhɛnri ɡreɪ/) was an English anatomist and surgeon most notable for his work on his book Gray's Anatomy, which is considered one of the most comprehensive and reliable medical reference books.

Etymology

The name "Henry Gray" is of English origin. "Henry" is derived from the Germanic name Heinrich, from the elements "heim" meaning home and "ric" meaning power, ruler. "Gray" is a descriptive name from the Old English "græg", meaning grey.

Biography

Henry Gray was born in 1827 in London, England. He studied the development of the endocrine glands and spleen and in 1853 was appointed Lecturer on Anatomy at St. George's Hospital Medical School in London. In 1858 Gray published the first edition of his Anatomy Descriptive and Surgical which covered 750 pages and contained 363 figures. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) at the young age of 25.

Gray's Anatomy

Gray's Anatomy is an English-language textbook of human anatomy originally written by Henry Gray and illustrated by Henry Vandyke Carter. Earlier editions were called Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical and Gray's Anatomy: Descriptive and Applied, but the book's name is commonly shortened to, and later editions are titled, Gray's Anatomy. The book is widely regarded as an extremely influential work on the subject, and has continued to be revised and republished from its initial publication in 1858 to the present day.

Related Terms

  • Anatomy: The branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts.
  • Surgeon: A medical practitioner qualified to practice surgery.
  • Endocrine glands: Glands of the endocrine system that secrete their products, hormones, directly into the blood rather than through a duct.
  • Spleen: An organ involved in the production and removal of blood cells in most vertebrates and forming part of the immune system.
  • Royal Society: A learned society for science, and possibly the oldest such society still in existence.

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