A history of human anatomy
By: T.V.N. (Vid) Perdaud, M.D., PH.D., D.Sc., F.R.C.Path. (Lond.), FAAA (Professor, Department of Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, St. George's University, Grenada, West Indies, Professor Emeritus and Former Head Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, University of Manitoba, Faculties of Medicine and Dentistry, Winnipeg, Canada), Marios Loukas, M.D., PH.D. (Professor and Chair, Department of Anatomical Sciences, Dean of Research, School of Medicine, St. George's University, Grenada, West Indies), R. Shane Tubbs, M.S. P.A.C., PH.D. (Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A., Professor, Department of Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, St. George's University, Grenada, West Indies)
Contributors: Loukas, Marios, author; Tubbs, R. Shane, author
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, LTD.
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Springfield , Illinois , U.S.A
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9780398081041; 9780398081058
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Human anatomy; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-379) and index.
Table of contents: title: Ancient records; title: Pre Hipocratic era; title: Hippocratic concepts; title: Aristotle; title: Alexandria; title: Dawn of the Roman Empire; title: Galen; title: Early Middle Ages; title: Mondino de Luzzi; title: Leonardo da Vinci; title: European Renaissance and human anatomy; title: The immediate successors of Vesalius in Padua; title: From Padua to Leiden; title: The era of William Harvey; title: Physicians, surgeons, and anatomists; title: William Hunter and his legacy; title: The transcendent greatness of John Hunter; title: Professionalism and recognition; title: Ireland and anatomy; title: Scotland; title: Robert Knox: honor and tragedy; title: The anatomical literature; title: The human body revealed; title: Body snatchers and the trade in corpses; title: Legislation of human dissection; title: Germany; title: Anatomy in the new world; title: Fragments from the east; title: Late 19th century; title: Anatomy in the Third Reich; title: The 20th century; title: Anatomical societies and associations; title: Modernization of anatomy curricula in medical schools.