Manual of General Anatomy, containing a concise Description of the

BAYLE, A[ntoine] L[aurent] J[esse] and HOLLARD, H. A Manual of General Anatomy, containing a concise Description of the Elementary Tissues of the Human Body. Philadelphia: John Grigg, 1828. 1st ed. x, 272pp. Orig. full calf, edges decorated in gilt, rebacked in period style. Leather scuffed, minor wear to corners, light scattered foxing, else a very good copy. This is Samuel Gross's first published work, from the same year as his graduation from Jefferson Medical College, translating the French of Bayle and Hollard. Gross (1805-1884) was a renowned trauma surgeon and has been immortalized in Thomas Eakins' 1875 painting The Gross Clinic, showing him instructing a group of medical students in the surgical theater.