The review article attempts to focus on the practice of human cadaveric dissection during its
inception in ancient Greece in 3rd century BC, revival in medieval Italy at the beginning of …

Simple Summary This article reviews the use of non-human animals in biomedical research
from a historical viewpoint, providing an insight into the most relevant social and moral …

Focusing on the social, intellectual, and political context in which medical education took
place, Thomas Neville Bonner offers a detailed analysis of transformations in medical …

This is a comprehensive reference work which surveys all aspects of the history of medicine,
both clinical and social, and reflects the complementary approaches to the discipline. The …

In this investigation of the treatment of battle trauma in antiquity,'treatment'is used in a
double sense, both as actual medical treatment and literary'treatment'in non-medical …

An analysis of the role played by private philanthropic foundations in shaping public policy
during the early years of this century—focusing on foundation-sponsored attempts to …

Julien Offray de la Mettrie, best known as the author of L'Homme machine, appears as a
minor character in most accounts of the Enlightenment. But in this intellectual biography by …

With unprecedented current coverage of the profound changes in the nature and practice of
science in sixteenth-and seventeenth-century Europe, this comprehensive reference work …

The importance of training and education is on the increase. While the production of 'human
capital'is seen as a motor for a competitive economy, skills and expertise proof to be …

Historically, adverse events have reflected poorly on both the practice of dissection and the
perception of the discipline of anatomy. The recent public dissection of a body donor is a …