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The human brain in sagittal section.

Publication Details

Springfield, IL: Charles C Thomas, 1954 CE.

A superb atlas is based on sagittal sections. This was an innovative approach for the time as almost all previous illustration of the adult human brain was typically based on frontal or horizontal sections: “in consequence of the inherently axiate organization of the vertebrate body, sagittal sections conform more to the logic of structure of the neuraxis than do other sections.” (p. 3). 

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Entry Number#7351
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/9523
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External URLthe-human-brain-in-sagittal-section

Geographic Context

Publication place: Springfield, IL