Horner, Special Anatomy and Histology, 1851
Special Anatomy and Histology. By William Horner, M. D., Professor of Anatomy, University of Pennsylvania; Senior Surgeon, Saint Joseph's Hospital; Member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia; Etc. Etc. Eighth Edition. Illustrated with Anatomical Figures. In Two Volumes. Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea. 1851.
Two octavo volumes in original full brown leather with black title labels on spines. Leather scuffed, particularly on spines and front board of vol 2 & rear board of vol 1. Corners bumped. Joints/hinges strong. Stamps and handwritten name of prior owner (James M. Roberts) on end papers and titles. Some foxing and toning. Frontis in volume one. Many anatomical and histological figures throughout both volumes. Bindings tight.
Paginations is continuous from the prelims; both volumes complete:
Vol 1: Ffep, blank, frontis, title – xxxii, 33 – 510, blank 32 pages of ads, blank, rfep
Vol 2: Ffep, blank, 1 page ad, title, 5-500, blank, rfep.
William Edmonds Horner (1793-1853).
See Heirs 1499: "A native of Warrenton, Virginia, Horner studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania where he was graduated in 1814. He eventually settled in Philadelphia and became a member of the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania's medical school. In 1831 he succeeded Philip Syng Physick (see No. 1222) as professor of anatomy and was elected head of the department. He was later appointed dean of the medical school, a post he held for more than thirty years. ... Horner was the author of two other monographs, one of which was the first treatise on pathological anatomy written in the United States."
He is credited with the discovery of the tensor tarsi (muscle of Horner), a muscle in the lachrymal apparatus, though Garrison-Morton 1494 says it was actually first described by Du Verney in 1749.
