Mohammad, Salam. You ask a question near to my heart, because I cut my
osteological teeth on Sisson & Grossmann and still consider it the most
beautiful textbook ever written on the subject of animal anatomy. You see,
you don't need to get Ellenberger and Baum; all the wonderful, detailed
plates from their original early 19th-century work are reproduced in
Sisson and Grossmann's "Anatomy of the Domestic Animals." You can buy this
book easily, but let me give you some pointers:
1. Editions printed from 1933 - 1947 are well bound and well printed on
excellent quality paper. You can buy these old editions from equestrian
used book dealers, and sometimes even from ordinary used bookstores
through Amazon.com and the like. These editions contain everything in a
single volume, i.e. horse, cow, pig, sheep/goat, dog. The authors are
simply "Sisson and Grossmann".
2. BEWARE of reprints of the old volumes that have been produced cheaply,
badly printed and bound on icky matte paper. Do not buy these. Check date
and publisher before buying; and check the price too, because even a
tattered copy of the real Sisson & Grossmann will command about $80, and a
copy in better condition will go for about $150. The original publisher is
W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia.
3. You can also buy a recently-upgraded version of this book, which is
under the editorship of Getty. The title of this book is "Getty's Sisson
and Grossmann's Anatomy of the Domestic Animals." This book comes as a
two-volume set, and it still contains all the old Ellenberger & Baum
illustrations; but it also contains much more text, more explanation of
biomechanics and systems functioning/physiology than did the old
one-volume book. The two-volume set goes for something like $200 new.
....so we have a history here, from Ellenberger & Baum's original early
19th-century "Anatomie fur Kunstlers", through Sisson & Grossmann, and
finally to Getty. Which all goes to prove that old veterinarians do not
die, they just get re-edited.
I've also always been in awe of the fact that the original horses, cows,
pigs and dogs that the "Kunstlers" drew their matchlessly beautiful plates
from, all died in the 1820's and have, through those pages so often copied
and re-copied, continued to serve mankind by furnishing detailed knowledge
of their body structure, for nearly 200 years. -- Dr. Deb
>
> Dear all, Salam-Hi
> Even I am depending on many references concerning domestic animal anatomy,
> but really I need Ellenberger one!
> I am wondering please how can I get it, it is out of print, i think, isn't
> it! Of corse Ellenberger Baum's Handbook of comparative anatomy of
> domestic animals.
> I'll be so grateful for any help.
>
>
> Mohammad Al-Zawahra
>
> Dear all, Salam-Hi
> Even I am depending on many references concerning domestic animal anatomy,
> but really I need Ellenberger one!
> I am wondering please how can I get it, it is out of print, i think, isn't
> it! Of corse Ellenberger Baum's Handbook of comparative anatomy of
> domestic animals.
> I'll be so grateful for any help.
>
>
> Mohammad Al-Zawahra
>
>
>
>
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