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Anatomy

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Origin prehistoric times

Anatomy is the branch of morphology concerned with the study of the internal and external structure of organisms and their parts, and its name comes from the Ancient Greek word anatome, meaning dissection. It is an old science with beginnings in prehistoric times, and it is closely tied to developmental biology, embryology, comparative anatomy, evolutionary biology and phylogeny. Human anatomy is one of the essential basic sciences applied in medicine and is usually studied alongside physiology, which examines the function of the same structures. The discipline divides into macroscopic or gross anatomy, the examination of body parts by unaided eyesight, and microscopic anatomy, which uses optical instruments to study tissues, known as histology, and cells. Its history is a progressive understanding of how the organs and structures of the human body work, with methods advancing from dissection of animal carcasses and human cadavers to twentieth century imaging such as X-ray, ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging.

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Source Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi (Wikipedia)
Source Alexander Monro Primus (Wikipedia)
Source Alfred Wilhelm Volkmann (Wikipedia)
Source André du Laurens (source article)
Source Anthony Carlisle (source article)
Source Antoine Ferrein (source article)
August Hirt, Healers
Source August Hirt (source article)
Source Carl Caspar von Siebold (source article)
Source Carl Ernst Bock (source article)
Source Christoph Theodor Aeby (source article)
Ernst Gaupp, Healers
Source Ernst Gaupp (Wikipedia)
Source François Carlo Antommarchi (Wikipedia)
Source Franz Kaspar Hesselbach (Wikipedia)
Source Gaspare Aselli (source article)
Source Georg Thilenius (source article)
Source Fischer von Waldheim, Johann Gotthelf (Neue Deutsche Biographie entry)
Source Gustav Albert Schwalbe (Wikipedia)
Source Heinrich August Wrisberg (source article)
Source Heinrich Meibom (doctor) (Wikipedia)
Source Heinrich Müller (physiologist) (Wikipedia)
Henry Tonks, Healers
Source Henry Tonks (Wikipedia)
Source Hermann Klaatsch (Wikipedia)
Herophilos, Healers
Source Herophilos (source article)
Source Ignaz Döllinger (Wikipedia)
Source Jean-Joseph Sue (source article)
Source Johann Beringer (Wikipedia)
Source Johann Christian Rosenmüller (source article)
Source Johann Friedrich Meckel, the Elder (Wikipedia)
Source Eschscholtz, Johann Friedrich von (Neue Deutsche Biographie entry)
Source Johann Georg Wirsung (Wikipedia)
Johannes Bohn, Healers
Source Johannes Bohn (source article)
José Arce, Healers
Source José Arce (source article)
Source Karl August von Bergen (Wikipedia)
Source Karl Bogislaus Reichert (Wikipedia)
Source Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold (Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie)
Source Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer (Wikipedia)
Source Konrad Johann Martin Langenbeck (source article)
Source Konrad Viktor Schneider (source article)
Source Leonardo Botallo (Wikipedia)
Source Ludwig Edinger (Wikipedia)
Source Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus (Wikipedia)
Source Ludwig Lewin Jacobson (Wikipedia)
Source Martin Heidenhain (source article)
Martin Rathke, Healers
Source Martin Rathke (Wikipedia)
Source Max Fürbringer (Deutsche Biographie)
Max Schultze, Healers
Source Max Schultze (source article)
Source Michael Bernhard Valentini (source article)
Otto Deiters, Healers
Source Otto Deiters (Wikipedia)
Paul Flechsig, Healers
Source Paul Flechsig (Wikipedia)
Source Philipp Friedrich Theodor Meckel (Wikipedia)

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1. Anatomy (Wikipedia)
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It is an old science, having its beginnings in prehistoric times.
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August Hirt (source article)
Notable Specialists: August Hirt, Lead section [in-group]
Quote, Notable Specialists: August Hirt, Lead section [in-group]
was an anatomist with Swiss and German nationality who served as a chairman at the Reich University in Strasbourg during World War II
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Anthony Carlisle (source article)
Notable Specialists: Anthony Carlisle, Life
Quote, Notable Specialists: Anthony Carlisle, Life
He was Professor of Anatomy of the Society from 1808 to 1824.
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Ignaz Döllinger (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Ignaz Döllinger, Lead and biography [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Ignaz Döllinger, Lead and biography [specialist-in]
two years later, he became professor for physiology and general pathology at the University of Bamberg, but was called to a professorship of anatomy and physiology at the University of Würzburg in 1803
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Max Schultze (source article)
Notable Specialists: Max Schultze, Biography, Halle appointment
Quote, Notable Specialists: Max Schultze, Biography, Halle appointment
was appointed an associate professor of anatomy at the university of Halle in 1854
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Ludwig Edinger (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Ludwig Edinger, Article text [specialist-in 2]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Ludwig Edinger, Article text [specialist-in 2]
was an influential German anatomist and neurologist
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Paul Flechsig (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Paul Flechsig, Article text [specialist-in 2]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Paul Flechsig, Article text [specialist-in 2]
was a German neuroanatomist, psychiatrist and neuropathologist
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Alexander Monro Primus (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Alexander Monro Primus, Lead
Quote, Notable Specialists: Alexander Monro Primus, Lead
Alexander Monro (19 September 1697-10 July 1767) was a Scottish surgeon and anatomist.
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François Carlo Antommarchi (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: François Carlo Antommarchi, Biography [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: François Carlo Antommarchi, Biography [specialist-in]
privately taught anatomy and sculpting
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Otto Deiters (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Otto Deiters, Lead paragraph [death-year]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Otto Deiters, Lead paragraph [death-year]
5 December 1863) was a German neuroanatomist
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Henry Tonks (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Henry Tonks, Early life and career as a surgeon
Quote, Notable Specialists: Henry Tonks, Early life and career as a surgeon
He taught anatomy at the London Hospital medical school from 1892.
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Heinrich Müller (physiologist) (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Heinrich Müller (physiologist), Lead [in-group]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Heinrich Müller (physiologist), Lead [in-group]
was a German anatomist and professor at the University of Würzburg.
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Alfred Wilhelm Volkmann (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Alfred Wilhelm Volkmann, Lead [in-group]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Alfred Wilhelm Volkmann, Lead [in-group]
was a German physiologist, anatomist, and philosopher.
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Johann Georg Wirsung (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Johann Georg Wirsung, Lead [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Johann Georg Wirsung, Lead [specialist-in]
was a German anatomist who was a long-time prosector in Padua
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Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff, Article text [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff, Article text [specialist-in]
held professorships in anatomy and physiology at the University of Giessen (1843-1855)
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Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer, Article text [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer, Article text [specialist-in]
From 1880 until his retirement in 1901, Kupffer held the chair of anatomy at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
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Martin Rathke (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Martin Rathke, Lead sentence
Quote, Notable Specialists: Martin Rathke, Lead sentence
Martin Heinrich Rathke (25 August 1793, Danzig, 3 September 1860, Königsberg) was a German embryologist and anatomist.
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Gustav Albert Schwalbe (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Gustav Albert Schwalbe, Lead, first sentence [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Gustav Albert Schwalbe, Lead, first sentence [specialist-in]
was a German anatomist and anthropologist from Quedlinburg
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Hermann Klaatsch (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Hermann Klaatsch, Lead, first sentence [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Hermann Klaatsch, Lead, first sentence [specialist-in]
was a German physician, anatomist, physical anthropologist, evolutionist
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Karl Bogislaus Reichert (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Karl Bogislaus Reichert, Lead, first sentence [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Karl Bogislaus Reichert, Lead, first sentence [specialist-in]
was a German anatomist, embryologist and histologist
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Heinrich Meibom (doctor) (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Heinrich Meibom (doctor), Works
Quote, Notable Specialists: Heinrich Meibom (doctor), Works
He is known for his discovery of the sebaceous glands in the eyelid that are named after him, the Meibomian glands.
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Johann Beringer (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Johann Beringer, Biography [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Johann Beringer, Biography [specialist-in]
where he was also involved in medicine and dissection
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Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi, Autopsy section
Quote, Notable Specialists: Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi, Autopsy section
he came to the view that Galen was incorrect regarding the formation of the bones of the lower jaw
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Simon Paulli (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Simon Paulli, Lead, professorship
Quote, Notable Specialists: Simon Paulli, Lead, professorship
He was a professor of anatomy, surgery and botany at the University of Copenhagen.
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Eschscholtz, Johann Friedrich von (Neue Deutsche Biographie entry)
Notable Specialists: Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, NDB article, Biographie [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, NDB article, Biographie [specialist-in]
Anatomie und gerichtliche Medizin
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Fischer von Waldheim, Johann Gotthelf (Neue Deutsche Biographie entry)
Notable Specialists: Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim, NDB article, Biographie [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim, NDB article, Biographie [specialist-in]
G. Cuvier mit der vergleichenden Anatomie vertraut machte
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Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, Lead sentence, comparative anatomist
Quote, Notable Specialists: Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, Lead sentence, comparative anatomist
was a Franco-German physician, comparative anatomist, and naturalist
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Christoph Theodor Aeby (source article)
Notable Specialists: Christoph Theodor Aeby, Lead sentence [in-group]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Christoph Theodor Aeby, Lead sentence [in-group]
was a Swiss anatomist, anthropologist, and academic
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Max Fürbringer (Deutsche Biographie)
Notable Specialists: Max Fürbringer, NDB 5 (1961), Biographie
Quote, Notable Specialists: Max Fürbringer, NDB 5 (1961), Biographie
1877 wurde er dort für Anatomie habilitiert.
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Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold (Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie)
Notable Specialists: Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, ADB entry, Erlangen professorship
Quote, Notable Specialists: Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, ADB entry, Erlangen professorship
Professur der Zoologie, vergleichenden Anatomie und Veterinärwissenschaft
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Ludwig Lewin Jacobson (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Ludwig Lewin Jacobson, Jacobsonian organ section
Quote, Notable Specialists: Ludwig Lewin Jacobson, Jacobsonian organ section
It was, however, in the field of comparative anatomy that Jacobson won his reputation.
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André du Laurens (source article)
Notable Specialists: André du Laurens, Lead paragraph
Quote, Notable Specialists: André du Laurens, Lead paragraph
His Historia anatomica underwent many editions.
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Johann Christian Rosenmüller (source article)
Notable Specialists: Johann Christian Rosenmüller, Lead paragraph
Quote, Notable Specialists: Johann Christian Rosenmüller, Lead paragraph
28 February 1820) was a German anatomist born near Hildburghausen, Thuringia.
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Franz Kaspar Hesselbach (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Franz Kaspar Hesselbach, Lead [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Franz Kaspar Hesselbach, Lead [specialist-in]
was a German surgeon and anatomist
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Johann Friedrich Meckel, the Elder (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Johann Friedrich Meckel, the Elder, Second paragraph of lead
Quote, Notable Specialists: Johann Friedrich Meckel, the Elder, Second paragraph of lead
In 1751 he became a professor of anatomy, botany and obstetrics.
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Leonardo Botallo (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Leonardo Botallo, Lead paragraph [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Leonardo Botallo, Lead paragraph [specialist-in]
was an Italian anatomist who is remembered in the eponymous foramen Botalli
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Karl August von Bergen (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Karl August von Bergen, Lead sentence
Quote, Notable Specialists: Karl August von Bergen, Lead sentence
was a German anatomist and botanist.
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Konrad Viktor Schneider (source article)
Notable Specialists: Konrad Viktor Schneider, Lead and biography [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Konrad Viktor Schneider, Lead and biography [specialist-in]
where in June 1640 he was appointed professor of anatomy and botany
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Konrad Johann Martin Langenbeck (source article)
Notable Specialists: Konrad Johann Martin Langenbeck, Lead and biography text
Quote, Notable Specialists: Konrad Johann Martin Langenbeck, Lead and biography text
was a German surgeon, ophthalmologist and anatomist
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Jean-Joseph Sue (source article)
Notable Specialists: Jean-Joseph Sue, Lead paragraph [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Jean-Joseph Sue, Lead paragraph [specialist-in]
was a French surgeon and anatomist
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Carl Caspar von Siebold (source article)
Notable Specialists: Carl Caspar von Siebold, Lead and body [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Carl Caspar von Siebold, Lead and body [specialist-in]
professor of anatomy, surgery and obstetrics at the University of Würzburg
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Michael Bernhard Valentini (source article)
Notable Specialists: Michael Bernhard Valentini, Lead and body
Quote, Notable Specialists: Michael Bernhard Valentini, Lead and body
the comparative anatomy of vertebrates
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Heinrich August Wrisberg (source article)
Notable Specialists: Heinrich August Wrisberg, Lead
Quote, Notable Specialists: Heinrich August Wrisberg, Lead
Heinrich August Wrisberg (20 June 1739-29 March 1808) was an anatomist.
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Georg Thilenius (source article)
Notable Specialists: Georg Thilenius, Career paragraph
Quote, Notable Specialists: Georg Thilenius, Career paragraph
in 1896 was habilitated as an anatomist at the University of Strasbourg
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Ernst Gaupp (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Ernst Gaupp, Lead paragraph, specialty
Quote, Notable Specialists: Ernst Gaupp, Lead paragraph, specialty
was a German anatomist from Beuthen in Upper Silesia
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Martin Heidenhain (source article)
Notable Specialists: Martin Heidenhain, Lead section and biography
Quote, Notable Specialists: Martin Heidenhain, Lead section and biography
was a German anatomist born in Breslau
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Philipp Friedrich Theodor Meckel (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Philipp Friedrich Theodor Meckel, Article lead and career sections
Quote, Notable Specialists: Philipp Friedrich Theodor Meckel, Article lead and career sections
was a German anatomist, surgeon and obstetrician
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Johannes Bohn (source article)
Notable Specialists: Johannes Bohn, Lead paragraph or career section
Quote, Notable Specialists: Johannes Bohn, Lead paragraph or career section
In 1668 he was promoted to the anatomical chair at Leipzig
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Carl Ernst Bock (source article)
Notable Specialists: Carl Ernst Bock, Lead sentence [in-group]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Carl Ernst Bock, Lead sentence [in-group]
was a German medical doctor and anatomist.
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Antoine Ferrein (source article)
Notable Specialists: Antoine Ferrein, Lead paragraph [in-group]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Antoine Ferrein, Lead paragraph [in-group]
was a French anatomist who was a native of Frespech
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José Arce (source article)
Notable Specialists: José Arce, Biography, medical career
Quote, Notable Specialists: José Arce, Biography, medical career
He became a surgeon and professor of Anatomy at the University at just 25 years old.
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Gaspare Aselli (source article)
Notable Specialists: Gaspare Aselli, Life
Quote, Notable Specialists: Gaspare Aselli, Life
professor of anatomy and surgery at the University of Pavia
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Wenzel Gruber (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Wenzel Gruber, Article body
Quote, Notable Specialists: Wenzel Gruber, Article body
Gruber developed into an outstanding anatomist
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Herophilos (source article)
Notable Specialists: Herophilos, Article body [specialist-in]
Quote, Notable Specialists: Herophilos, Article body [specialist-in]
regarded as one of the earliest anatomists
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