Anatomy Journal — Larousse Médical Illustré 1912 Brain & Viscera

In 1912, to open the Larousse Médical Illustré was to enter a world in which the human body had been made legible — its systems mapped, its structures named, its extraordinary complexity rendered visible in diagrams of such precision and clarity that the reader could follow the branching of a nerve from the brain to the fingertip, or trace the arrangement of the abdominal organs from the diaphragm to the pelvis. It was, in the fullest sense of the word, an atlas of the self.

The front cover reproduces Planche IX — Cerveau Nerfs Partant du (Brain and Departing Nerves), page 191 of the Larousse Médical Illustré (Paris, 1912), edited by Dr. Galtier-Boissière and illustrated by Jacques Maurice Dessertenne — a lateral view of the human brain with the cranial nerves emerging from its base, each nerve identified by name and number, rendered in warm grey-pink against a black background with the nerves fanning outward in their various colors like the roots of a tree. The back cover presents Viscères de l’abdomen et du thorax — four anatomical views of the human torso showing heart, lungs, liver, stomach, intestines, kidneys, and major blood vessels, labeled with the precision that the medical student and the curious general reader alike would require.

Product Details

• Format: Hardcover journal
• Pages: 150 lined pages (75 sheets) with perforations for easy removal
• Binding: Casewrap sewn binding — flexible and lay-flat
• Dimensions: 5.75 × 8 inches
• Weight: 100 g
• Cover: Matte laminated full-wrap print

Perfect For

• Medical and healthcare students taking anatomy notes and clinical documentation
• Doctors, nurses, and healthcare professionals who appreciate medical history
• Biology students and life science enthusiasts
• Collectors of vintage French medical illustration and Belle Époque encyclopedias
• Thoughtful gift for medical school graduation or healthcare professionals
• Anyone who finds wonder in the complexity and beauty of human anatomy

To learn more about the Larousse Médical Illustré and the art of French anatomical illustration, read The Body as Atlas on New Old Time.