History of anatomy

Through the dissection of the rat, my lab partner and I were able to gain a better understanding of the animal’s anatomy by viewing it’s external organs, as well, after careful incisions, viewing the inside of the rat’s anatomy. The rat is a typical mammal, with a head, clearly defined neck, trunk and tail. As such, the rat has two unique aspects that distinguish mammals from other vertebrates: an external covering of hair and mammary glands. As a vertebrate mammal, much of the rat’s structural…

Human Cadavers Information Speech Topic: Human Cadavers General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform the class of the importance and history of human cadaver. Thesis: Today, I plan to share with you how the study of human cadavers have allowed the medical field to evolve as well as explore the rewards that have resulted. Introduction Attention Getter: I’m sure all of us remember what it was like to get our licenses, after we passed you then waited in line at the BMV, they finally call…

offers captivating insight into what happens to bodies once they are donated to science. Roach sheds light on the sometimes dark history of cadaver usage and medicine, raising important questions about ethical and moral concerns related to those actions taken for the sake of increasing scientific knowledge. From being used as crash-test dummies to practice for anatomy students to populating body farms in the name of forensic science, human cadavers have been put to use in many, and often…

(1452-1519). Andreas Vesalius was a Flemish anatomis, Physician, and the author of one of the most influential books on human anatomy “De Humani Corporis Fabrica libri septem” or known as “On the Fabric of the Human Body in seven books”. The first book in the series was called The Bones and Cartilages, which constitutes about a quarter of the entire collection of books about the human anatomy. In this book he wrote about his observations on the bones and cartilage of the human body, of which he…

Although no living person has a guarantee of what becomes of your mind and soul, they do know what your body may endure. Mary Roach, author of Stiff, explored the usage of the dead in everything from bullet wounds to anatomy dissection to body decomposition. She also examined the history of corpse studies that lead to safer cars, different methods for disposing of remains, and an increase in forensic science reliability. Whether granted willingly or not, human and animal cadavers symbolize…

reptiles, and primates. Shubin challenges the common beliefs about evolution by recognizing the corresponding features between humans and seemingly unrelated organisms. The three-part series takes viewers on an adventure into their deep ancestral history as it slowly uncovers a timeline of human evolution. Each episode displays multiple examples of science in action. Anatomists and archeologists alike engage in the practices…

Era The Elizabethan Era is a big epoch in English history. This era was ruled by Queen Elizabeth, 1558 through 1603, historians refer to this place in time as the Golden Era. They refer to it as the Golden Era because of how many great accomplishments, and changes that were made. Medicine however, did not change much from medieval time to the Elizabethan Era. During the Elizabethan Era, people still believed many incoherent theories related to anatomy. These theories were closely related to…

front of your eyes takes a strong stomach. Some of my classmates couldn’t look at her at all, others would look, but couldn’t touch, and then there was me and a few others could look and touch and cut into this thing that we never felt was human. My anatomy lab was Wednesday nights from five to seven forty-five on the top floor of Weyandt, the natural science building. As soon as you walked in the door you could smell her body. It wasn’t formaldehyde, which would have been much worse, but the…

Many devices, medications, makeups, and other things that are used by humans on a daily bases are tested on animals. These things are all created in labs and go through so many trial and error experiments that the scientists and manufacturers do not want to have to use humans to see if they are safe or not. Instead, they use animals to do their research. But who is to say that testing on animals is the best way to go. There are many other means of testing medications and other products rather…

In American medical history the “practice of hands-on anatomical dissection” began to become wildly popular during the late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century; however, it “was frowned upon in the new republic as immoral and irreligious and was impeded by state laws prohibiting it” (Halperin, pp. 490). From its limited practice and use in the medical field in America because of the regulations and moral implications it became a topic of controversy and a topic that was brought into…