GRAY'S ANATOMY
11. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct option.
Henry Gray is still remembered for his pioneering work Gray’s Anatomy, the first one of 1. ....................... kind. The book serves as a standard 2. ....................... to the students of medicine and all those interested 3. ....................... the study of the human body and in the beginnings of modern anatomy and surgery. It 4. ....................... written in 1858 when its author Henry Gray was in his early 30s. For those 5. ....................... knew him since he was a student, he was an extremely diligent and disciplined learner. He used to take his time conducting dissections that rendered him an in-depth knowledge of anatomy. With an intention to pass all his knowledge to the world, he authored a book that disclosed the depths of human anatomy to the world.
It was 6. ....................... Anatomy Descriptive and Surgical and received immense recognition. For the second edition of the book, Gray had even greater plans. He teamed up with Henry Vandyke Carter, a notable anatomical artist, for illustrations in the book.
The second edition, published in 1860, was one of the first books on modern anatomy and surgery. It took 18 months of rigorous study and experimentation from the part of 7. ....................... Gray and Carter to produce the book. They dissected unclaimed 8. ....................... from the mortuaries, under the Anatomy Act of 1832, to explore human anatomy. The success of Gray’s Anatomy improved his career 9. .......................; the Saint George Hospital offered him the post of Assistant Surgeon, a coveted position.
Gray was a prodigy in the field of anatomy and his book proved beneficial to the medical students, physicians and surgeons of his time and even years after that. Till today, Gray’s Anatomy is chosen as a standard reference 10. ....................... by the students pursuing medical science.
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| 2 | basis | information | reference | book |
| 3 | of | at | for | in |
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| 5 | whose | which | who | that |
| 6 | called | titled | named | defined |
| 7 | both | either | or | none |
| 8 | dogs | skeletons | bodies | men |
| 9 | prospects | hopes | dreams | adventures |
| 10 | guide | manual | dictionary | notebook |