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As this bald summary would suggest, it is a book dominated by the powerful presence of Elliot Smith, who overshadows the other members of the trio, Wood Jones and Keith. Elliot Smith was the most vigorous proponent of such a lofty role for anatomy, and his position in London meant that he was in a position to wield his formidable political skills. He was struck, however, by how far the study of anatomy in the United States and the British Empire had diverged, with the United States no longer giving the scope to gross anatomy which had been so basic to British medical education. [Extracted from the article]