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The Development of Anatomical Laws in the States of New England

The New England journal of medicine, 1945-12, Vol.233 (24), p.716-726 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

ISSN: 0028-4793 ;EISSN: 1533-4406 ;DOI: 10.1056/NEJM194512132332402 ;PMID: 21006228

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  • Title:
    The Development of Anatomical Laws in the States of New England
  • Author: Waite, Frederick C
  • Subjects: Anatomy - history ; Humans ; Legislation, Medical ; New England ; Old Medline
  • Is Part Of: The New England journal of medicine, 1945-12, Vol.233 (24), p.716-726
  • Description: RECORDS of human dissection in classical Greece and Rome are scanty. Traditions exist that some physicians of the era of Hippocrates, among them Democritus, dissected the human body, but little accurate knowledge of the structure and arrangement of the internal human organs is found in the writings before the Christian Era. The details of human anatomy were inferred from dissection of domestic animals, some differing widely from man in structure. Galen is reported to have dissected monkeys, which are primates, resembling man in structure, that were household pets in Rome in his time. The most considerable addition to the knowledge . . .
  • Publisher: United States: Massachusetts Medical Society
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0028-4793
    EISSN: 1533-4406
    DOI: 10.1056/NEJM194512132332402
    PMID: 21006228
  • Source: MEDLINE
    Alma/SFX Local Collection
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