Introduction into Human

Anatomy

Anatomia fundamentum

medicina est

460 B.C. — between 377 and 356 B.C.

Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt

Ancient Greece

Rome

• Studied anatomy on animals

(cows, dogs, monkey)

• Described breathing

• Experimented with nerves

and brain

• Wrote anatomical treaties

Byzanthium

Arabs

Middle ages

Renaissance

Anatomical theatres

⚫ Montpellier 1556

⚫ London 1557

⚫ Pisa 1569

⚫ Basel 1589

⚫ Padua 1594

⚫ Bologna 1595

⚫ Leiden 1597

⚫ Аmsterdam 1619

⚫ Founder of modern

anatomy

⚫ Corrected mistakes of

Galen

⚫ Printed first illustrated

anatomy manual (1543)

"De Humani Corporis Fabrica"

Vesalius, Andreas

Vesalius, Andreas.

Librorum Andreae Vesalii

Bruxellensis

De humani corporis fabrica

epitome / cum annotationibus

Nicolai Fontani

Amstelredamensis. –

Amstelodami [Amsterdam] : apud

Ioannem Ianssonium, 1642

⚫ Frederick Ruish (1638-

1731) in Netherlands

prepares a lot of

anatomical preparations

⚫ In 17th century Human Anatomy becomes

the base of medical scientific education

⚫ 1837 Anatomical theatre of Kazan Imperial

University

Doctor which does not know anatomy

is not only unuseful but harmful

Efrem Osipovich Muhin

(1766-1850)

1896

1896

2005