Lessons from History: Human Anatomy, from the Origin to the Renaissance

Malomo, A O; Idowu, Olufemi Emmanuel; Osuagwu, Ferdnand C

doi:10.4067/s0717-95022006000100018

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“…5 Any discrepancies between the text and the demonstrations would be disregarded by the professor on the pretext that changes in the human body occurred since the manuscript had been written. 13 Furthermore, because there were no methods of preserving the body at the time, a complete dissection was almost impossible.…”

Section: Anatomy During the Renaissancementioning

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500th Birthday of Andreas Vesalius, the Founder of Modern Anatomy

Hadžić

Sadeghi

Vandepitte

et al. 2014

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

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Section: Anatomy During the Renaissancementioning

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500th Birthday of Andreas Vesalius, the Founder of Modern Anatomy

Hadžić

Sadeghi

Vandepitte

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Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

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“…Early empirical knowledge, accumulated through observation of and intervention on animals and injured and intact human bodies, and skeletons by Hippocrates, Aristotle, Herophilus and others, was synthesized in the works of Galen and subsequently transmitted and studied by the following generations through word and repetition, without re-examination. This almost annihilated the normal procedure that gives rise to new knowledge, leading to a stagnation of the collection of new empirical data (Malomo et al 2006). The same cannot be said of other cultural traditions, though, as the contributions by physicians in the rising Islamic and other parts of the world attest (Hehmeyer and Khan 2007;Shoja and Tubbs 2007).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Understanding complex systems: lessons from Auzoux’s and von Hagens’s anatomical models

Valdecasas

Correas²,

Guerrero³

et al. 2009

J Biosci

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Animal and human anatomy is among the most complex systems known, and suitable teaching methods have been of great importance in the progress of knowledge. Examining the human body is part of the process by which medical students come to understand living forms. However, the need to preserve cadavers has led to the development of various techniques to manufacture models for teaching purposes. A variety of materials, such as wax, wood, papier-mache, or glass, have long been used to construct animal and plant models. In the case of the human body, the most innovative, yet controversial, method of preservation has been plastination, invented by the German physician Gunther von Hagens, by which actual human bodies are preserved as odourless and aesthetic models for teaching and exhibitions. We point out in our study that the 'hands-on' approach that some anatomical models allow, namely, the (clastic) disassembly and reassembly of the parts of complex systems and their models, is not only a crucial tool for learning, but is far superior to the simple passive observation that rigid, single-piece models allow. And what is valid for the learning of anatomy can be generalized to the acquisition of knowledge of other complex physical systems.

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“…For many years researchers were prosecuted for postmortem dissections. It wasn't until the 15th century that researchers at medical schools in Europe were able to study the human body and its tissues without the fear of prosecution (1 ). Human studies have come a long way since then, and tissue samples have become critical to the research enterprise.…”

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Human Tissue Ownership and Use in Research: What Laboratorians and Researchers Should Know

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BACKGROUND The use of human blood and tissue is critical to biomedical research. A number of treaties, laws, and regulations help to guide the ethical collection of these specimens. However, there are no clearly defined regulations regarding the ownership of human tissue specimens and who can control their fate. CONTENT This review discusses the existing regulations governing human studies and the necessary components of patient consent. Legal cases that have addressed the issue of ownership of human tissue are reviewed, including recent settlements that have led to the destruction of millions of specimens of patient tissue. The unique regulations that guide the use of tissues collected postmortem are also examined. Potential changes in the future of biomedical research that uses human tissue, including genetic material, are also discussed. SUMMARY The use of human tissue is directed by numerous laws and regulations. Awareness of these rules and of how and when to obtain meaningful informed consent from patients is essential for laboratorians and researchers, who should also be familiar with situations that have led to lawsuits and in some cases the destruction of valuable human tissue specimens.

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Lessons from History: Human Anatomy, from the Origin to the Renaissance

Cited by 39 publications

References 10 publications

500th Birthday of Andreas Vesalius, the Founder of Modern Anatomy

500th Birthday of Andreas Vesalius, the Founder of Modern Anatomy

Understanding complex systems: lessons from Auzoux’s and von Hagens’s anatomical models

Human Tissue Ownership and Use in Research: What Laboratorians and Researchers Should Know

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