Rehman and Smith Color Atlas of Orthopaedic Surgical Anatomy

The images in this collection were collected over the long career of Irving Rehman, Ph.D., who taught anatomy as a faculty member at the University of Southern California (USC) School of Medicine, at the Naval Medical Center San Diego, and at Orthopaedic Hospital in Los Angeles where he last used the collection for residency training. The original collection consisted of 16,000 photographs and illustrations of human anatomy dissections maintained in 3-ring binders. Some of those images are 35 mm slides, and others are photographic plates printed on paper. Dr. Rehman photographed dissections of fresh cadavers while a former Deputy Coroner and Forensic Anatomist with the Los Angeles County Department of the Coroner. Since these dissections were performed on cadavers before embalming, the color is much more realistic than in a typical dissected image. During his years in San Diego, Dr. Rehman hired Helen Barker to draw anatomical illustrations, which are included in this collection. The images focus on anatomical areas of interest to an orthopaedic surgeon. Chadwick F. Smith, M.D., an orthopaedic surgeon, collaborated with Dr. Rehman for many years in using these images for training materials for orthopaedic residents and others. Dr. Smith adds the orthopaedic surgeon perspective to the collection.

本数据集收录的影像均源自欧文·雷曼（Irving Rehman）博士毕生的职业积累。雷曼博士曾先后任教于南加州大学（University of Southern California, USC）医学院、圣地亚哥海军医学中心及洛杉矶骨科医院，其最后一次使用该数据集，便是在洛杉矶骨科医院开展住院医师培训工作。原始数据集包含16000张人体解剖标本的照片与插画，原收纳于三环活页夹中。其中部分为35毫米幻灯片（35 mm slides），其余为纸质印刷的照相底板（photographic plates）。雷曼博士曾任洛杉矶县验尸官办公室副验尸官与法医解剖学家（Forensic Anatomist），在此期间拍摄了新鲜尸体（fresh cadavers）的解剖影像。由于所有解剖操作均在尸体防腐（embalming）前完成，其色彩还原度远高于常规解剖标本影像。在圣地亚哥工作期间，雷曼博士聘请海伦·巴克绘制解剖插画（anatomical illustrations），相关作品亦被纳入本数据集。本数据集的影像聚焦于骨科医师（orthopaedic surgeon）关注的解剖区域。骨科医师乍得威克·F·史密斯（Chadwick F. Smith）博士曾与雷曼博士合作多年，利用这些影像制作骨科住院医师及其他相关人员的培训资料，为该数据集补充了骨科专业视角。