It was just over a hundred years ago that Johannes Sobotta set
out to pubtish the first edition of his At[as of Human Anatomy.
Since then, this piece of work has evolved step by step as a resuLt
of
the
constant
interaction
between
students,
[ecturers
and
editors.
lt
has
not
onty
been
the
most
modern
basis
for
the
comptex
subject
of
macroscopic
anatomy
throughout
many
generations
of
doctors,
but
has
aLso
devetoped
into
a
Lasting
work
of
reference
for
both
ctinicaI
training
and
advanced
medicaL
education.
AtL
in
aLl.,
it
has
become
a
book
for
a
medicaI
doctor's
Life.
0nce
again,
in
this
new
edition
the
additionaI
figures
have
been
drawn
strictty
on
the
basis
of
originaIspecimens