. Arthur and Fritz Kahn Collection 1889-1932. Kahn, Fritz 1888-1968; Kahn, Arthur David 1850-1928; Natural history illustrators; Natural history. THE HUMAN BODY PICTURES EXPLAIN ITS STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS Here aiul oii ihv followiiig s'w pa^es, LIFE preseiits a portfolio of picturcs from an extraonlinary l)(M)k, Man in Stntcturc and Funvt'utn ("^ vols., $1(0, l>.V Fritz Kahn, )., puMislicd this niontli l)y Alfrod A. Knopf Inc. üf New York. First puhlislud "iO yfars aj^o in (icrnuiny and sin<r pnhlishcd in 14 lan^na^os and as inany conntries, it is a nnijor landniark in th
. Arthur and Fritz Kahn Collection 1889-1932. Kahn, Fritz 1888-1968; Kahn, Arthur David 1850-1928; Natural history illustrators; Natural history. THE HUMAN BODY PICTURES EXPLAIN ITS STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS Here aiul oii ihv followiiig s'w pa^es, LIFE preseiits a portfolio of picturcs from an extraonlinary l)(M)k, Man in Stntcturc and Funvt'utn ("^ vols., $1(0, l>.V Fritz Kahn, )., puMislicd this niontli l)y Alfrod A. Knopf Inc. üf New York. First puhlislud "iO yfars aj^o in (icrnuiny and sin<r pnhlishcd in 14 lan^na^os and as inany conntries, it is a nnijor landniark in thc popn- larization f scientific knowlcd^e. 'rhehookfitsintoiioneof thccnstoniary pi^oonlioles. As its title su^^ests, it unites ainitoniy (strnetnre) and physiology (fnnetioii) in a wliolly new dynann'e ineth- od. Hut wherever relevant it niay also hriiij^ to l)ear the apj)r()aeliof physics, patholo^y, histolo^y, eeolo^y, |)syeholo^y, or antlirojiology. In the eonihiiied illnnii- natlon of all theseseicntifie diseiplines, it presents the living Innnan hody as the ceuter of the eosniosâas a eosnios in itself of atoms, nH)h'enles, eells and Or- gans, oreliestrute«! in harmonier interaetion, and as a crcatnreof the wider eosnios, sired in tliedistant past l)y a single-eelled anioeha and extant hy virtue of the haeteria and j)hints that synthesize tlie suhstanee of its fiesh froni the elenients of the i)huiet's cru'st. Ultiinately every ex|)osition is elarified l>y a pietnre. Tlie «Irawings, phot'i-niontages and diagranis estah- lish the inii([ue eharaeter of tlie hook. Thongh aetnally reiidered hy varions artists, they were roughed out hy Dr. Kahn to the last detail. Tliev are neither the me- ehanistie flow eharts fonnd in physiology |)riniers nor the eadaver sketehes of the Standard anatoinies. On (Irainatie seale of Dore Bihle illustrations, they show the eoinponents of the hody in fnli organie spiendur, endowed witli fnnetioii and hfe. Tlie lK>ok hegiiis, at the
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