2023
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2022.23531
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Anatomy From Nazi Germany to Today

Abstract: This viewpoint reviews the anatomical body procurement used in Nazi Germany, notes the continued use of those images, and calls for disclosure of the biographical history of the people whose bodies and tissues are now studied.

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“…Marion Sims (formerly known as a Father of Gynecology and the inventor of the Sims speculum) was able to develop his eponymous tool and gain understanding of the female reproductive system by operating on female slaves without anesthesia and most likely without their consent (65,66). Bronchiolar exocrine cells (club cells) used to be called Clara cells until individuals realized they were named for Max Clara, a Nazi anatomist who made his discoveries by examining the pulmonary tissue of executed prisoners (67).…”
Section: Eponymsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Marion Sims (formerly known as a Father of Gynecology and the inventor of the Sims speculum) was able to develop his eponymous tool and gain understanding of the female reproductive system by operating on female slaves without anesthesia and most likely without their consent (65,66). Bronchiolar exocrine cells (club cells) used to be called Clara cells until individuals realized they were named for Max Clara, a Nazi anatomist who made his discoveries by examining the pulmonary tissue of executed prisoners (67).…”
Section: Eponymsmentioning
confidence: 99%