Sagittal section of the Neck and Thorax displaying the distribution of the Eighth Nerve.

Jones Quain & Erasumus Wilson

Jones Quain 1796-1865 was
an Irish born anatomist who became professor of Anatomy and Physiology at the
University of London. Erasmus Wilson, a Scotish born Surgeon. Wilson was one of
the first students at the Aldersgate School of Medicine, and won prizes for
surgery and midwifery in the session 1829-1830. In 1831 he was asked by Jones
Quain to become his Assistant. He accepted the post and was soon afterwards appointed
Demonstrator of Anatomy. Important anatomical series pre-dating Gray’s Anatomy.