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Dream Anatomy was a significant anatomical and artistic imaging exhibition provided by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) five years ago. Now, thanks to the creativity of NLM's Sappol and involved staff members, and the first collaboration between the NLM and the US Government Printing Office, readers are treated to an extraordinarily comprehensive visual/print catalog long after the exhibition is over. People have a continual curiosity about the human body, and much may be learned about people through its historical study. Artistic presentations focusing on human form must have an intrinsic appeal. Why else would anatomical exhibitions and visual showings have become so popular? People are intrigued by such "know thyself" concepts. Sappol has provided a fine historical journey, embellishing the original exhibition's materials with even more from NLM's collections. He demonstrates scientific, artistic, even humorous and mythical changes over hundreds of years of dissections, drawings, and inaccuracies concerning the human body's structural organization. The volume includes a time line of historical anatomy; technical information about anatomical illustration; further documentation about the original exhibition's sources; additional readings; and the unusual opportunity to view many of the anatomical exhibitions and graphics in this catalog on various Web sources provided. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels. J. N. Muzio emeritus, CUNY Kingsborough Community College