Theaters of anatomy : students, teachers, and traditions of dissection in Renaissance Venice / Cynthia Klestinec

Author:: Klestinec, Cynthia
Published:: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
Copyright Date:: ©2011
Physical Description:: xix, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents:

Spectacular anatomies : demonstrations, lectures, and lessons -- Fabrici's dominion : the first anatomical theater -- Civic and civil anatomies : the second anatomical theater -- Medical students and their corpses -- Private anatomies and the delights of technical expertise.

Subject(s):

Human dissection—Italy—History—17th century
Anatomy—history
Anatomy—education
Dissection—education
Dissection—history
History, 16th Century
History, 17th Century
Italy

ISBN:

9781421401423 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1421401428 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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