Early History of Human Anatomy
Author : T. V. N. Persaud
Publisher : Charles C. Thomas Publisher
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 15,54 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Medical
ISBN :
Human Anatomy
Author : Leslie Klenerman
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 47,79 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Science
ISBN : 0198707371
Book Description
An understanding of the structure and function of the human body is vital for anyone studying the medical and health sciences. In this book, Leslie Klenerman provides a clear and accessible overview of the main systems of the human anatomy, illustrated with a number of clear explanatory diagrams.
Art and Anatomy in Renaissance Italy
Author : Domenico Laurenza
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 36,55 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Anatomy, Artistic
ISBN : 1588394565
Book Description
Known as the "century of anatomy," the 16th century in Italy saw an explosion of studies and treatises on the discipline. Medical science advanced at an unprecedented rate, and physicians published on anatomy as never before. Simultaneously, many of the period's most prominent artists--including Leonardo and Michelangelo in Florence, Raphael in Rome, and Rubens working in Italy--turned to the study of anatomy to inform their own drawings and sculptures, some by working directly with anatomists and helping to illustrate their discoveries. The result was a rich corpus of art objects detailing the workings of the human body with an accuracy never before attained. "Art and Anatomy in Renaissance Italy "examines this crossroads between art and science, showing how the attempt to depict bone structure, musculature, and our inner workings--both in drawings and in three dimensions--constituted an important step forward in how the body was represented in art. While already remarkable at the time of their original publication, the anatomical drawings by 16th-century masters have even foreshadowed developments in anatomic studies in modern times.
Flesh and Bones
Author : Monique Kornell
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 30,11 MB
Release : 2022-03-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 1606067699
Book Description
This illustrated volume examines the different methods artists and anatomists used to reveal the inner workings of the human body and evoke wonder in its form. For centuries, anatomy was a fundamental component of artistic training, as artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo sought to skillfully portray the human form. In Europe, illustrations that captured the complex structure of the body—spectacularly realized by anatomists, artists, and printmakers in early atlases such as Andreas Vesalius’s De humani corporis fabrica libri septem of 1543—found an audience with both medical practitioners and artists. Flesh and Bones examines the inventive ways anatomy has been presented from the sixteenth through the twenty-first century, including an animated corpse displaying its own body for study, anatomized antique sculpture, spectacular life-size prints, delicate paper flaps, and 3-D stereoscopic photographs. Drawn primarily from the vast holdings of the Getty Research Institute, the over 150 striking images, which range in media from woodcut to neon, reveal the uncanny beauty of the human body under the skin
Secrets of Women
Author : Katharine Park
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 47,99 MB
Release : 2006-11
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN :
Book Description
Women's bodies and the study of anatomy in Italy between the late thirteenth and the mid-sixteenth centuries.
Western Medical Thought from Antiquity to the Middle Ages
Author : Mirko Dražen Grmek
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 43,67 MB
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674007956
Book Description
This history of medical thought from antiquity through the Middle Ages reconstructs the slow transformations and sudden changes in theory and practice that marked the birth and early development of Western medicine. Grmek and his contributors adopt a synthetic, cross-disciplinary approach, with attention to cultural, social, and economic forces.
A History of the World Through Body Parts
Author : Kathy Petras
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 19,89 MB
Release : 2022-08-30
Category : Humor
ISBN : 1797205420
Book Description
A grab bag of historic spleens, chins, and more, this is your ultimate literary dissection of body parts throughout history! From famous craniums to prominent breasts, ancient spleens and bound feet, this book will bring history to life in a whole new way. With their inimitable wit and probing intelligence, authors Kathy and Ross Petras look at the role the human body has played throughout history as each individual part becomes a jumping-off point for a wider look at the times. In far-ranging, quirky-yet-interrelated stories, learn about Charles II of Spain's jaw and the repercussions of inbreeding, what Anne Boleyn's heart says about the Crusades and the trend of dispersed burials, and what can be learned about the Aztecs through Moctezuma's pierced lip. A History of the World Through Body Parts is packed with fascinating little-known historical facts and anecdotes that will entertain, enlighten, and delight even the most well-read history buff. BESTSELLING AUTHORS: Kathy and Ross Petras have authored the New York Times bestseller You're Saying It Wrong and the hit calendar The 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said, now in its 24th year with over 4.8 million copies sold! ENGAGING CONTENT: Packed with rich material told with a lively and humorous voice, take a trip through history in this unique, exciting way. QUIRKY HISTORY FANS REJOICE!: For fans of The Disappearing Spoon, Wicked Plants, The Violinist's Thumb, The Sawbones Book and Strange Histories! Perfect for: • History buffs and pop history fans • Father's Day, birthday, and holiday shoppers
The Western Medical Tradition
Author : Lawrence I. Conrad
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 20,79 MB
Release : 1995-08-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780521475648
Book Description
This text, written by members of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine and first published in 1995, is designed to cover the history of western medicine from classical antiquity to 1800. As one guiding thread it takes, as its title suggests, the system of medical ideas that in large part went back to the Greeks of the eighth century BC, and played a major role in the understanding and treatment of health and disease. Its influence spread from the Aegean basin to the rest of the Mediterranean region, to Europe, and then to European settlements overseas. By the nineteenth century, however, this tradition no longer carried the same force or occupied so central a position within medicine. This book charts the influence of this tradition, examining it in its social and historical context. It is essential reading as a synthesis for all students of the history of medicine.
Surgical Revolutions
Author : Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 27,29 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9814329622
Book Description
Many surgical revolutions distinguish the history and evolution of surgery. Some are small, others more dominant, but each revolution improves the art and science of surgery. Surgical revolutionaries are indispensable in the conception and completion of any surgical revolution, initiating scientific and technological advances that propel surgical practice forward. Surgical revolutionaries can come in the guises of Lister (antisepsis), Halsted (surgical residency and safe surgery), Cushing (safe brain surgery), Wangensteen (gastrointestinal physiological surgery), Blalock (relief of cyanotic heart disease), Lillehei (open heart surgery), and many others. With the hindsight of history, we can recognize patterns of progress, evaluate means of advancing new ideas, and solidify details of innovative behavior that could lead to new surgical revolutions. This volume examines the following vital questions in detail: What is a surgical revolution and how do we recognize one? Are surgical revolutionaries different? Is there a way to educate new surgical revolutionaries? Can history provide enduring examples of surgical revolutions? Are there different kinds of surgical revolutions? What characterizes a surgical revolution in the context of science and technology? What surgical revolutions are on the horizon?
Leonardo Da Vinci
Author : Martin Clayton
Publisher : Royal Collection Trust
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,44 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Anatomy, Artistic
ISBN : 9781909741034
Book Description
"First published in hardback 2012 by Royal Collection Trust".-Title page verso.
