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Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026

A treatise on the human skeleton, including the joints.

Cambridge, England: Macmillan, 1858.

Humphry was professor of anatomy at Cambridge and became the first professor of surgery there. He founded the Journal of Anatomy and Physiology in 1867. “Humphry’s ligament” of the knee-joint is described on p. 546 of the above book and pictured on plate 53, fig. 1.

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Entry Number#419
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Geographic Context

Publication place: Cambridge, England