Review By Student:
This book is amazing and short book to study embryology. It contains all the things that you need to know in as undergraduate student. If you read this book, you won't need to go to lectures of Embryology. I would give 4.5/5 for this book for Embryology in UG.
Tribute to a Legend
:
Professor Inderbir Singh, a legendary anatomist, is renowned for being a pillar in the education of
generations of medical graduates across the globe. He was one of the greatest teachers of his time. He was a passionate writer who poured his soul into his work. His eagle's eye for details and meticulous way of writing made his books immensely popular amongst students. He managed his lifetime to become enmeshed in millions of hearts. He was conferred the title of Professor Emeritus by Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak.
On 12th May, 2014, he was awarded posthumously with Emeritus Teacher Award by National
Board of Examination for making invaluable contribution in teaching of Anatomy. This award is given to honour legends who have made tremendous contribution in the field of medical education.
He was a visionary for his time, and the legacies he left behind are his various textbooks on Gross
Anatomy, Histology, Neuroanatomy and Embryology. Although his mortal frame is not present amongst us, his genius will live on forever.
Preface By Author:
During the publication of my earlier book - “Basic Histology – A Color Atlas and Text” the publishers proposed to me
to revise the embryology book written by late Prof Inderbir Singh. Notwithstanding 35 years of experience in teaching embryology and several publications in human developmental anatomy, I was skeptical because it is simply difficult for
anyone to match the simplicity of expression and sheer elegance of images so diligently originated by Prof. Singh. With
the encouragement provided by the publishers and colleagues, I have taken the proverbial plunge.
When I started my career as a medical teacher way back in 1981, I used to reproduce the diagrams from Prof. Inderbir
Singh’s embryology on black board. With the evolution of technology, I have initially transcribed the figures on to OHP sheets and recently upgraded several of them into 3D images, some of which are included in the present edition of the
book.
Like all its previous editions, this is also a one person effort which clearly offers scope for improvement. Suggestions
from academics, students and professionals are welcome for incorporation in the coming editions.
I thank all my students who are my inspiration for revising this book. I am thankful to all staff and students in the
Department of Anatomy, SV Medical College and Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh,
India, for their continuous support and constructive feedback at different stages while this book is evolving. I make a
Special mention of Mr. K Thyagaraju, Assistant Professor, for drawing and Photoshop editing several of the figures. Some of the figures in the present edition originated from the research carried out by the postgraduate students in my lab.
I am also thankful to Shri Jitendar P Vij (Group Chairman), Mr Ankit Vij (Group President) of M/s Jaypee Brothers
Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India, for kindly agreeing to publish this book, and the production team especially
Ms. Ritu Sharma, Dr Madhu Chaudhary, Dr Pinky Chauhan and Ms. Samina Khan for their dedicated work.
V Subhadra Devi
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