Anatomy of a pew pewer Shirt
AbstractThis brief history of topographical anatomy begins with Egyptian medical papyri and the works known collectively as the Greco‐Arabian canon, the time line then moves on to the excitement of discovery that characterised the Renaissance, the increasing regulatory and legislative frameworks introduced in the 18th and 19th centuries, and ends with a consideration of the impact of technology that epitomises the period from the late 19th century to the present day. This paper is based on a lecture I gave at the Winter Meeting of the Anatomical Society in Cambridge in December 2015, when I was awarded the Anatomical Society Medal.It would be a conceit to attempt to cover such a vast topic in a brief paper. Mindful of John of Salisbury’s comments in the Metalogicon (1159), I therefore intend to stand on the shoulders of some of the giants of our discipline and apologise for omitting many others who also have a legitimate claim to the status of ‘giant’. This paper is based on a lecture I gave at the Winter Meeting of the Anatomical Society in Cambridge in December 2015, when I was awarded the Anatomical Society Medal: I hope that it will be of particular interest and use to young anatomists just starting in the field.
Anatomy of a pew pewer Shirt
This brief history of topographical anatomy begins with Egyptian medical papyri and the works known collectively as the Greco‐Arabian canon, the time line then moves on to the excitement of discovery that characterised the Renaissance, the increasing regulatory and legislative frameworks introduced in the 18th and 19th centuries, and ends with a consideration of the impact of technology that epitomizes the period from the late 19th century to the present day.Medical papyriSome of the first written evidence of the use of anatomical terms and anatomico‐physiological concepts that survives in the West is contained in rolls of Egyptian medical papyri, notably the (Edwin) Smith papyrus, the (Georg) Ebers Papyrus, and the (Heinrich) Brugsch Papyrus, also known as the Greater Berlin Papyrus (Acierno, 1994; Willerson & Teaff, 1996). The Smith Papyrus dates from around 1600 BCE and is believed to be an incomplete copy of a much older document, written around 3000–2500 BCE. It is regarded as the earliest known recorded group of rational observations in natural science (Stiefel et al. 2006), offering insights into the state of clinical knowledge in ancient Egypt