2 options
A history of human anatomy / T.V.N. (Vid) Perdaud, Marios Loukas, R. Shane Tubbs.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Persaud, T. V. N., author.
- Loukas, Marios, author.
- Tubbs, R. Shane, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human anatomy--History.
- Human anatomy.
- Anatomy--history.
- Medical Subjects:
- Anatomy--history.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (405 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Springfield , Illinois , U.S.A. : Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, LTD., [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Many advances in medicine and surgery can be directly linked to improvements in understanding the structure and function of the human body. During the sixteenth century, the study of human anatomy became an objective discipline, based on direct observation and scientific principles. Not surprisingly, the study of human anatomy has progressed to its universal acceptance and recognition as a scientific discipline, essential for the practice of modern medicine. This revised and expanded edition presents anatomy from antiquity to the modern times. In this book, the authors present many scholars an
- Contents:
- Ancient records
- Pre Hipocratic era
- Hippocratic concepts
- Aristotle
- Alexandria
- Dawn of the Roman Empire
- Galen
- Early Middle Ages
- Mondino de Luzzi
- Leonardo da Vinci
- European Renaissance and human anatomy
- The immediate successors of Vesalius in Padua
- From Padua to Leiden
- The era of William Harvey
- Physicians, surgeons, and anatomists
- William Hunter and his legacy
- The transcendent greatness of John Hunter
- Professionalism and recognition
- Ireland and anatomy
- Scotland
- Robert Knox: honor and tragedy
- The anatomical literature
- The human body revealed
- Body snatchers and the trade in corpses
- Legislation of human dissection
- Germany
- Anatomy in the new world
- Fragments from the east
- Late 19th century
- Anatomy in the Third Reich
- The 20th century
- Anatomical societies and associations
- Modernization of anatomy curricula in medical schools.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-398-08105-0
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.