Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia | Mütter Minute: Studying Anatomy @theMutterMuseum | Uploaded August 2018 | Updated October 2024, 19 minutes ago.
In this week's Mütter Minute, our Historical Medical Librarian Beth Lander shows off some historical anatomy books.

Dissection classes weren't very common because sourcing cadavers could be difficult. The founder of modern anatomy, Andreas Vesalius, collaborated with local judges so that executions could be scheduled around his dissection needs!

CLICK HERE for more about the history of anatomy: cppdigitallibrary.org/exhibits/show/histanat/ancient

Video by Jonah Stern

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