Daniel John Cunningham: a distinguished teacher of anatomy

Abstract

In October 1943, starting my medical school days at the University of Oxford, I was dispatched to the bookshop in Broad Street to purchase the three volumes of the 10th (1940) edition of Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy. These were to become my constant companions during the next 2 years. I have them in front of me now as I write, their much-turned pages discoloured by the stains of various cadavers, the text underlined and annotated here and there with my unreadable writing. Even today, in my opinion, no other dissection guide gives such clear and helpful practical advice to the student and its illustrations cannot be bettered.