The Elements of Anatomy and Physiology

Author(s): William Ruschenberger

Genre(s): Medical, Life Sciences

Narrators: Larry Wilson, Dale Latham, MacKenzie Nikol Greenwood, J. M. Smallheer, Realisticspeakers, Kathleen Moore, Jeffery, Availle, Ellen Murphy

Number of Chapters: 14

Length: 04 hours and 07 minutes

Language: English

The Elements of Anatomy and Physiology is one in a Series of First Books of Natural History Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges. This succinct little textbook from 1852 presents an introduction to the workings of the human body. The information, albeit not current, is still interesting and of use as a general overview of the subject as well as interesting look into the period. Please note that some of the information may have changed considerably since this time. The author was a surgeon in the U.S. Navy and president of the Academy of Natural Sciences. - Summary by A. Gramour