Gray's Anatomy is an
English-language textbook of
human anatomy originally written by
Henry Gray and illustrated by
Henry Vandyke Carter. Earlier editions were called
Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical and
Gray's Anatomy: Descriptive and Applied, but the book's name is commonly shortened to, and later editions are titled,
Gray's Anatomy. The book is widely regarded as an extremely influential work on the subject, and has continued to be revised and republished from its initial publication in 1858 to the present day. The latest edition of the book, the 41st, was published in September 2015.