title: The contributions of J. C. Boileau Grant to the teaching of anatomy.
abstract: J. C. B. Grant (1886-1973) as been hailed as one of the greatest teachers of anatomy in the English language. Except for those who attended his lectures at Manitoba, Toronto and Los Angeles, his reputation rests on three textbooks, the first editions of which he produced between 1937 and 1943 and which, collectively, have run to 30 editions. Salient aspects of Grant's life and of these three fine books are reviewed and appraised and, unusually in modern times, tribute is paid to him as a writer, not of research works, but of textbooks.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Human Biology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Tobias
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000193:education / Q000266:history*; D002170:Canada; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D013019:South Africa