A unique biographical review of the global contributors to field of anatomy
Knowledge of human anatomy has not always been an essential component of medical education and practice. Most European medical schools did not emphasize anatomy in their curricula until the post-Renaissance era; current knowledge was largely produced between the 16th and 20th centuries. Although not all cultures throughout history have viewed anatomy as fundamental to medicine, most have formed ideas about the internal and external mechanisms of the body—influences on the field of anatomy that are often overlooked by scholars and practitioners of Western medicine.
History of Anatomy: An International Perspective explores the global and ancient origins of our modern-day understanding of anatomy, presenting detailed biographies of anatomists from varied cultural and historical settings. Chapters organized by geographic region, including Africa, the Middle East, and Europe, review the lives of those that helped shape our current understanding of the human form. Examining both celebrated and lesser-known figures, this comprehensive work examines their contributions to the discipline and helps readers develop a global perspective on a cornerstone of modern medicine and surgery.
Offers a comprehensive and multidisciplinary examination of the history of anatomy
Traces the emergence of modern knowledge of anatomy from ancient roots to the modern era
Fills a gap in current literature on global perspectives on the history of anatomy
Written by an internationally recognized team of practicing physicians and scholars
History of Anatomy: An International Perspective is an engaging and insightful historical review written for anatomists, anthropologists, physicians, surgeons, medical personnel, medical students, health related professionals, historians, and anyone interested in the history of anatomy, surgery, and medicine.
CONTENTS
Chapter I Africa
Egypt
Edwin Smith Papyrus
Neurological anatomy
Cardiovascular anatomy
Herophilus
Erasistratus
Kahun Papyrus
Reproductive anatomy
Algeria
Jean Baptiste Paulin Trolard
Chapter II Far East
China
Huang di and the Nei Jing
Hua Tuo
Wang Qingren
Benjamin Hobson
Japan
Shinnin Kawaguchi
Genpaku Sugita
Ryotaku Maeno
Shoteki Fuseya
Otsuki Gentaku
Koji Harada and Ryoetsu Hoshino
Buntaro Adachi
Sunao Tawara
India
Susruta
Chapter III Europe
Austria
Heinrich Obersteiner
Emil Zuckerkandl
Czechoslavakia
Vincent Alexander Bochdalek
England
Richard Lower
John Browne
James Drake
Francis Sibson
William Turner
France
Jacobus Sylvius
Charles Estienne
Raymond de Vieussens
Pierre Dionis
Félix Vicq d’Azyr
Marie-François Xavier Bichat
François Magendie
Jules Germain Cloquet
Augusta Déjerine-Klumpke
Germany
Adam Christian Thebesius
Franz Kaspar Hesselbach
Hubert von Luschka
Adolf Wallenberg
Korbinian Brodmann
Greece
Aristotle
Galen
Polybus
Holland
Franciscus Sylvius
Niels Stensen
Pieter Camper
Ireland
Abraham Colles
Italy
Leonardo da Vinci
Vidius Vidius
Giambattista Canano
Matteo Realdo Colombo
Costanzo Varolio
Giulio Cesare Casseri
Giovanni Maria Lancisi
Giovanni Battista Morgagni
Ruggero Ferdinando Antonio Guisseppe Vincenzo Oddi
Norway
Johan Georg Ræder
Scotland
Andrew Fyfe the Elder
Sir John Struthers
Sir Charles Bell
Spain
Antonio de Gimbernat y Arbós
Sweden
Emanuel Swedenborg
Switzerland
Wilhelm His Sr.
Wilhelm His, Jr.
Chapter IV Middle East
Israel
Bible and Talmud
Islamic Middle East
Qur’an and Hadeeth
Persia
Abu Zakariya Yuhanna ibn Masawaih, Mesue
Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari
Abubakr Muhammad Ibn Zakaria Razi, Rhazes
Abubakr Rabi ibn Ahmad Joveini Bukhari
Ali ibn Abbas al-Majusi, Hally Abbas
Abu Ali al-Hussain ibn Abdallah ibn Sina, Avicenna
Zinn-ol-Abedin Seyed Esmail ibn al-Hussain ibn Ahmad al-Jorjani
Nasir al-Din Tusi
Babylon
Ibn Jazlah
Chapter V North America
United States
Henry Jacob Bigelow
Oliver Wendell Holmes
