He March 27, 2005 A dramatic series of doctors who work in the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital was released in the American chain. At that time or its creator Shonda Rhimes Fiction was expected to continue active 20 years later, with 21 seasons behind them and a legion of fans and spectators, even among the new generations, but little is known about the real inspiration they had for their title.
This is how Gray’s Anatomy Series emerged
Shonda Rhimes had been a producer of the movie Britney Spears, Crossroadsand of the second part of Princess by surprisebefore becoming one of the most influential people by Time due to the creation of Gray’s anatomy, which has become one of the longest -lived television series still active after 20 years.
A series that Rhimes devised after an obsession that had on the medicine and surgeries programs that were broadcast at Discovery Channel, and that did not think about calling at first Gray anatomy but Complicationsbut this did not convince.
Thus, the creator of the series took a manual for medical students to inspire a better title for her medical drama, which she called Gray anatomy as reference to Gray’s Anatomychanging the last name for that of his main character Meredith Gray, played by Ellen Pompeothe face more related to this fiction.
Gray’s Anatomy, the Medicine Manual that gave name to the series
This medicine manual was the work of two young doctors, Henry Gray and Henry Carterwho began working on him in 1853 when the first was appointed professor of anatomy at the School of the University Hospital of St.george’s in London.
Thus, after 18 months of work and study, for which they dissected bodies, was published in 1858 And it is still valid after 150 years and more than 40 editions. However, Henry Gray brought him to light without proving Carter’s help, which also made the illustrations for the manual.
That is why it was renamed Gray’s Anatomya book that stands out for their detailed and realistic drawings, which pretended to really help students at a time when this knowledge was needed to attend to the injured of the Crimea War in which the United Kingdom army then participated.
Of your total contribution Henry Gray He would be little aware, because he would die just a few years later, in 1861 at age 34 due to the smallpox he contracted from his nephew, who did survive the disease. As a curiosity, the rights of the work did not go to their co -author, Henry Carterwhich only received some recognition for his research work on diseases that affected the poorest in India.
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