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Corpses sold for dissection by body snatchers helped improve understanding of how the human body worked, according to a new book that brings together archaeological evidence from their remains. The bodies were physically sawn up and divided, presumably so that different medical students could dissect different parts of the same body before it ...
Objects going on display for the first time during Lines of Thought include: the Book of Deer, Vesalius’s 3D manikin of the human body, William Morris’s extensively annotated proofs of his edition of Beowulf, a wonderful caricature of Darwin, and works by Copernicus, Galileo and Jocelyn Bell Burnell, the discoverer of pulsars.
Andreas Vesalius was an ambitious young man who was not shy of self-publicity. Born in Flanders 500 years ago, he had his eye on one of the most prestigious roles in medicine. He sought an appointment as personal physician to the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V. To optimise his chances, Vesalius set out to demonstrate his extensive knowledge of ...
Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) and the books that made the father of anatomy 17 Jul 2014 Born 500 years ago, Andreas Vesalius has iconic status in the history of science.
There are six Schools, each of which constitutes an administrative grouping of Faculties and other institutions. They are: Arts and Humanities, Biological Sciences, Clinical Medicine, Humanities and Social Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Technology. There is a Council of each School – including representatives of its Faculties and Departments.
REPORT. Global Satisfaction with Democracy2020This report was prepared at the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at the University of Cambridge and forms part of the work of t. uture of Democracy.Suggested citation: Foa, R.S., Klassen, A., Slade, M., Rand, A. and R. Collins. 2020. “The Global S.
The frontispiece of Vesalius’ Epitome, shows Vesalius’s anatomy theatre. Image copyright: Cambridge University Library Image copyright: Cambridge University Library Google Arts and Culture users can also dive further into the teaching of anatomy with George Stubbs’ illustrations of the skeleton and musculature of the horse from 1766.
Researchers have developed a machine learning algorithm to accurately detect heart murmurs in dogs, one of the main indicators of cardiac disease, which affects a large proportion of some smaller breeds such as King Charles Spaniels. Read more.