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The role of Vesalius and his contemporaries in the transfiguration of human anatomical science

The understanding of human anatomy has been an endeavour spanning thousands of years from the Egyptians and Greeks in antiquity to the present day. Scholars and scientists have overcome great barriers to discover the inner workings and complexities of the human body, from personal challenges and pre...

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Autores principales: Xiang, Jinpo, Venkatesan, Santhana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9877481/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36175008
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joa.13773
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description The understanding of human anatomy has been an endeavour spanning thousands of years from the Egyptians and Greeks in antiquity to the present day. Scholars and scientists have overcome great barriers to discover the inner workings and complexities of the human body, from personal challenges and prejudices to obstacles placed by society. Our present understanding of anatomy has accumulated over centuries, and progressive generations of physicians have contributed to the ever‐growing evidence‐based knowledge. This article explores the contributions made by Vesalius and his contemporaries in the first half of the sixteenth century. These enlightened scholars advanced anatomical knowledge and, perhaps more importantly, the scientific method, directly impacting the mindset and methodologies of future anatomists. Individuals such as Berengario da Carpi and Gabriele Falloppio produced bodies of work during their lifetime that were not only important in disputing the teachings of Galen of Pergamon, which had been accepted as almost unquestionable truths for a thousand years, but also instrumental in developing a new generation of scientists. The anatomists of the late renaissance were unable to resolve many of the factual inaccuracies of Galenic teaching but provided the groundwork for scientific thinking which future generations of anatomists benefited greatly from. The principles of documenting what is observed and establishing a methodical approach to question discrepancies in experiments would go on to influence physicians such as Harvey and Malpighi to investigate and draw correct conclusions in their research and ultimately advance our understanding of human anatomy to what it is today.
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spelling pubmed-98774812023-01-30 The role of Vesalius and his contemporaries in the transfiguration of human anatomical science Xiang, Jinpo Venkatesan, Santhana J Anat Original Articles The understanding of human anatomy has been an endeavour spanning thousands of years from the Egyptians and Greeks in antiquity to the present day. Scholars and scientists have overcome great barriers to discover the inner workings and complexities of the human body, from personal challenges and prejudices to obstacles placed by society. Our present understanding of anatomy has accumulated over centuries, and progressive generations of physicians have contributed to the ever‐growing evidence‐based knowledge. This article explores the contributions made by Vesalius and his contemporaries in the first half of the sixteenth century. These enlightened scholars advanced anatomical knowledge and, perhaps more importantly, the scientific method, directly impacting the mindset and methodologies of future anatomists. Individuals such as Berengario da Carpi and Gabriele Falloppio produced bodies of work during their lifetime that were not only important in disputing the teachings of Galen of Pergamon, which had been accepted as almost unquestionable truths for a thousand years, but also instrumental in developing a new generation of scientists. The anatomists of the late renaissance were unable to resolve many of the factual inaccuracies of Galenic teaching but provided the groundwork for scientific thinking which future generations of anatomists benefited greatly from. The principles of documenting what is observed and establishing a methodical approach to question discrepancies in experiments would go on to influence physicians such as Harvey and Malpighi to investigate and draw correct conclusions in their research and ultimately advance our understanding of human anatomy to what it is today. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-09-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9877481/ /pubmed/36175008 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joa.13773 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Journal of Anatomy published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Anatomical Society. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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