Author: Pernkopf, Eduard.
Title: Atlas of topographical and applied human anatomy. Vol. 1. Head and neck
Description: 2nd revised edition. Edited by Helmut Ferner. Translated from the German by Harry Monsen. 231 full color and 108 black & white illustrations. Baltimore & Munich : Urban and Schwarzenberg, 1980. Hardcover. Dustjacket. xv,308 pp. 33x24 cm. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : as new. - Eduard Pernkopf (1888-1955) was an Austrian professor of anatomy who later served as rector of the University of Vienna, his alma mater. He is best known for his anatomical atlas, Topographische Anatomie des Menschen (translated as Atlas of Topographical and Applied Human Anatomy. The Pernkopf atlas or just Pernkopf, has been prepared by Pernkopf and four artists over a 20-year period. While it is considered a scientific and artistic masterpiece, with many of its color plates reprinted in other publications and textbooks, it has been in recent years found that Pernkopf and the artists working for him, all of them ardent Nazis, used executed political prisoners, jews and other victims of the Nazi-regime as their subjects. Dr Sabine Hildebrandt, from Harvard Medical School, says at least half of the 800 images in the atlas came from political prisoners. They included gay men and lesbians, gypsies, political dissidents and Jews. ISBN 9780806715629.

Keywords: MEDICINE, anatomical atlas