Stereoscopic Studies of Anatomy, Prepared under authority of the University of Edinburgh. Section 2: Central Nervous System

31 loose heavy card plates, 9 x 7 inches. No date; WorldCat suggests 1929. 30 numbered cards with mounted stereoscopic photographs and one title plate with table of contents on the verso, others printed recto-only. Housed in double cloth slipcase. Very Good with a few small surface abrasions and slight curve where the photos are mounted, causing the box to swell. Box in Good condition, split along one joint and reinforced from the inside with gummed tape; still rubbing and wear to cloth and paper spine label and chipping to inner paper sleeve. The specimens on the cards have numeric labels corresponding to a key on the cards, which also give a narrative description of where and how to locate the subject on a body. The series was invaluable to medical students and this section with images of the internal head and neck are particularly desirable for their lasting aesthetic interest--one of the less squeamish, but still grotesque, series of images.