The rich heritage of anatomical texts during Renaissance and thereafter: a lead up to Henry Gray’s masterpiece

• 발행기관: 대한해부학회
• 저자명: Sanjib Kumar Ghosh Ashutosh Kumar
• 간행물 정보: 『Anatomy and Cell Biology』Vol.52(4), 357~368쪽, 전체 12쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 의학일반
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2019.12.30

영문 초록

The practice of modern human anatomy was started by Vesalius in sixteenth century Europe during the Renaissance. His exploits are documented in his legendary anatomical text De humani corporis fabrica. Remarkable success of De humani encouraged noted anatomists to publish their own texts over the years. Such a cascading effect started an ongoing process of refining the text based presentation of anatomical details that eventually led to the emanation of Gray’s Anatomy, the masterpiece from Henry Gray. In this review article we have tried to revisit the journey from De humani to Gray’s Anatomy and have also highlighted on other anatomical texts that form important landmarks in this journey. The article attempts to focus on the rectification of Galenic errors, description of new discoveries in human anatomy, introduction of the concept of clinical anatomy, emergence of surgical anatomy and the advent of sectional anatomy. The article also put emphasis on the efforts to make anatomical illustrations used in texts more scientific and in tune with the printed matter. We noted with interest that luminary anatomists over the years have contributed in their own individual manner towards the development of text based anatomy and from cumulative perspective their visionary efforts have shaped the outlook of anatomical texts in present times.

목차

Introduction

Methods

De Humani Coporis Fabrica

Syntagma Anatomicum

Adversaria Anatomica

Anatomy of the Human Body

Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical

Conclusion

ORCID

Author Contributions

Conflicts of Interest

Acknowledgements

References

키워드

Human anatomy Anatomy texts Vesalius De humani Henry Gray Gray’s Anatomy