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Women's bodies and the study of anatomy in Italy between the late thirteenth and the mid-sixteenth centuries.
Until 1832, when an Act of Parliament began to regulate the use of bodies for anatomy in Britain, public dissection was regularlyand legallycarried out on the bodies of murderers, and a shortage of cadavers gave rise to the infamous murders committed by Burke and Hare to supply dissection subjects to Dr. Robert Knox, the anatomist. This book tells the scandalous story of how medical men obtained the corpses upon which they worked before the use of human remains was regulated. Helen MacDonald looks particularly at the activities of British surgeons in nineteenth-century Van Diemens Land, a penal colony in which a ready supply of bodies was available. Not only convicted murderers, but also Aborigines and the unfortunate poor who died in hospitals were routinely turned over to the surgeons. This sensitive but searing account shows how abuses happen even within the conventions adopted by civilized societies. It reveals how, from Burke and Hare to todays televised dissections by German anatomist Dr. Gunther von Hagens, some peoples bodies become other peoples entertainment.
An outstanding piece of scholarship and a fascinating read, The Body Emblazoned is a compelling study of the culture of dissection the English Renaissance, which informed intellectual enquiry in Europe for nearly two hundred years. In this outstanding work, Jonathan Sawday explores the dark, morbid eroticism of the Renaissance anatomy theatre, and relates it to not only the great monuments of Renaissance art, but to the very foundation of the modern idea of knowledge. Though the dazzling displays of the exterior of the body in Renaissance literature and art have long been a subject of enquiry, The Body Emblazoned considers the interior of the body, and what it meant to men and women in early modern culture. A richly interdisciplinary work, The Body Emblazoned re-assesses modern understanding of the literature and culture of the Renaissance and its conceptualization of the body within the domains of the medical and moral, the cultural and political.
This manual is a step by step guide to dissection for undergraduate medical students. Beginning with a brief description of human tissues, the book is divided into sections, each examining a region of the body and dissection techniques for different tissues within that region. Each section begins with an introduction to the tissues in that region of the body, followed by step by step instructions for different dissection procedures. Learning objectives and key points are highlighted for each section to assist understanding. 350 full colour images and illustrations with descriptions are included. Key points Step by step guide to dissection for undergraduate medical students Covers procedures for tissues in each region of the body Features key points and learning objectives for each section Includes 350 full colour images and illustrations
This manual is a comprehensive guide to the dissection of different parts of the human anatomy. Beginning with an introduction to anatomical terminology, the book navigates step by step through different parts of the anatomy - upper limbs, thorax, abdomen, pelvis, lower limb, head and neck, and central nervous system. More than 400 illustrations depict every dissection.
This book was written to serve both as a guide for the dissection of the human brain and as an illustrated compendium of the functional anatomy of the brain and spinal cord. In this sense, the book represents an updated and expanded version of the book The Human Brain and Spinal Cord written by the author and published in Swedish by Scandinavian University Books in 1961. The complicated anatomy of the brain can often be more easily appreciated and understood in relation to its development. Some insight about the coverings of the brain will also make the brain dissections more meaningful. Introductory chapters on these subjects constitute Part I of the book. Part 2 is composed of the dissecti...
This 11th edition has been reorganized to separate the clinical notes and details from the dissection instructions. A brief introduction precedes each structure's dissecting instructions, and blank observation boxes are provided for insertion of notes. Line drawings and radiographs are included.
Focusing on the essentials, McMinn's Concise Human Anatomy is a convenient, portable guide and revision aid. The clear, jargon-free text is supported by high-quality, labelled photographs of cadaver dissections and surface anatomy, radiological images captured using the latest technologies and explanatory line diagrams, all redrawn for this edition. Providing full explanations of difficult anatomical relationships, and highlighting features of clinical significance throughout, this second edition remains an invaluable guide for students of anatomy across the medical and health sciences, and a handy reference for the busy clinician.
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