History of Anatomy

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

R. SHANE TUBBS, Professor, Chief Scientific Officer and Vice President, Seattle Science Foundation, USA - MOHAMMADALI M. SHOJA, practices in the Tabriz University Neuroscience Institute, Iran - MARIOS LOUKAS, Dean of Basic Sciences and Professor and Chair, Department of Anatomical Sciences, St. George's University, Grenada - PAUL AGUTTER, Director of the Theoretical Medicine and Biology Group, Glossop, UK