The Development and Growth of the External Dimensions of the Human Body in the Fetal Period
- SIGNED Cloth binding
- Minneapolis: University of Minnnesota Press, 1929
Minneapolis: University of Minnnesota Press, 1929. First edition.
PIONEERING ATLAS OF HUMAN FETAL GROWTH.
11 1/2 inches tall hardcover, blue cloth binding, gilt title to cover and spine, institutional library bookplate to front paste-down (no other library marks), i-xxiii, 367 pp, 73 figures. Very good+ in custom archival mylar cover.
RICHARD E. SCAMMON. In the first half of the 20th century, the noted developmental anatomist (and first Dean of the University of Minnesota Medical School), Richard E Scammon, explored the geometric relationships of the frontal fontanelle in human infants (Scammon and Adair, 1930). Richard E. Scammon's article, "The First Seriatim Study of Human Growth," provided one of the best-known visuals in the field of human biology. Scammon resurrected longitudinal height data of one child from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle, converted them to metric, and plotted these measurements as a function of age. The result was the first graph of one individual's growth curve from birth to 18 years of age. This image was subsequently reproduced in numerous texts on human growth and biology. Published in 1927, Scammon's article provides a snapshot of the state of growth research at the time and gives a (literal) picture of the future of human biology.
LEROY ADELBERT CALKINS (1894-1960) served as chair of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Kansas from 1929 to 1959.
PIONEERING ATLAS OF HUMAN FETAL GROWTH.
11 1/2 inches tall hardcover, blue cloth binding, gilt title to cover and spine, institutional library bookplate to front paste-down (no other library marks), i-xxiii, 367 pp, 73 figures. Very good+ in custom archival mylar cover.
RICHARD E. SCAMMON. In the first half of the 20th century, the noted developmental anatomist (and first Dean of the University of Minnesota Medical School), Richard E Scammon, explored the geometric relationships of the frontal fontanelle in human infants (Scammon and Adair, 1930). Richard E. Scammon's article, "The First Seriatim Study of Human Growth," provided one of the best-known visuals in the field of human biology. Scammon resurrected longitudinal height data of one child from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle, converted them to metric, and plotted these measurements as a function of age. The result was the first graph of one individual's growth curve from birth to 18 years of age. This image was subsequently reproduced in numerous texts on human growth and biology. Published in 1927, Scammon's article provides a snapshot of the state of growth research at the time and gives a (literal) picture of the future of human biology.
LEROY ADELBERT CALKINS (1894-1960) served as chair of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Kansas from 1929 to 1959.