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A history of anatomy : the post-Vesalian era /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Persaud, T. V. N.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Springfield, Ill. : Charles C Thomas Publisher, [1997]
Subjects:
Anatomy > history.
Table of Contents:
  • European renaissance and human anatomy
  • The Immediate successors of Vesalius at Padue
  • 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 after Vesalius
  • 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.