Customer Reviews
Not current, and neither are some of the reviews 
2008-08-24
The current edition (8/08) is the 39th published in 2004, there are British and American versions which differ slightly in terminology.
The 40th edition will be published at the end of September 2008. So if you are looking for the current text book then order either the 39th or 40th.
Great book! 
2008-06-04
Have wanted to purchase this book for years, now it is available and affordable.
Such a great educational tool for anyone interested in medicine and the human body.
Thank you Amazon for making this possible.
Needs more illustrations 
2008-04-06
This is, of course, the classic Gray's Anatomy, but I was slightly let down when I attempted to look up some anatomical structures, and there was no illustrations provided. I thought EVERYTHING was illustrated and explained. Fortunately, most is both, but some structures just get a brief explanation, but no illustration.
Poor quality for art students 
2008-02-28
I ordered this book (even after reading reviews) because the price was right. I had hoped to have some drawings for the art student. I decided to send it back. The book is three inches thick, is 95 percent text (hard to read), and has poor quality drawings. The book cover has the best drawing. It was not suitable for my purposes.
wrong edition 2007-12-07
The American Collector's edition has many factual errors (unlike the modern British edition) and suboptimal diagrams. With all editions, it is important to understand that this is a systems based atlas - not a regional atlas. If one wants to trace every branch of an artery, it is very helpful. To understand the relationship between a vessel and nerves in proximity, it is lacking. However, unlike most atlases (Netter, Clemente, Sobatta, Grant's, Thieme, Pernkopf, not to mention the numerous but little helpful photographic atlases), it has considerable text in addition to labels. As a general surgeon (and trauma surgeon for war wounded), I would always pick a regional atlas in preference for clinical work. I've used almost all the atlases at one time or another, and this would be near the bottom of my list for usefulness.
LCDR Philo Calhoun MD
Disappointed 2007-02-08
This is a landmark edition of one of the greatest texts of our time.
Gray's Anatomy has been an international bestseller for 100 years; its appeal is not only to physicians and students, but to artists and the medically curious. As the new Introduction by Dr. Crocco states: "Every living physician today has been exposed to
Gray's Anatomy and nearly everyone has used it. It was
Gray's Anatomy that occupied most of the embryonic physician's waking hours, whether at home or at the side of his cadaver.
"There have been many imitations, but few real competitors. There have been dissection manuals and pictorial atlases brilliantly illustrated with exquisite photographs. There have been synopses of anatomy and there have been monographs on various regions of the body. However, there is only one
Gray's Anatomy.
"This stellar book represents the acme of anatomical description over the last century and will probably still be the premier text in anatomy over the next one hundred years. This commemorative edition is a very fitting tribute to Dr. Henry Gray, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, whose colossal work will be remembered by medical historians past and future and by twentieth-century physicians and surgeons as the anatomy text of our age."
WONDERFUL ART REFERENCE 2007-02-07
This is a very good book if you are like me and use it for artistic reference. While it doesn't contain a lot of colorful pictures it is just enough to give you some insight into how the human anatomy is constructed and moves. It is also good to refer to when you read an article about Jennifer Aniston and you want to know what a septum is.
slight disappointment 
2007-01-05
I was hoping for more images and pictures based on the description of this product. I recieved the book and it was very light in weight, felt like I purchased a paperback....even though it is hard cover....the quality of paper and print is not of a collectors edition for the typical collector.
BAD QUALITY GRAPHICS 2006-08-30
I thought this version was different from the original one (The Classic Collector's edition), with more pictures. IT IS the same text and images. On top of that the pictures are worse quality, bad grey scale and sometimes difficult to read names in pictures. The contents is ok.
decent literature for the well educated 2006-08-12
This book is the definitive in human anatomy . Because the book is older though it has some language which only the well educated would understand .
