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Drawn directly from the flesh. Public Domain Review/Flickr

The man who revolutionized our knowledge of the human body

December 31, 2014 marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of one of the most important figures in the history of medicine. He authored one of the most elegant and influential books in scientific history…
Reforms to make body donation safer also redoubled demand. Photographee.eu

The fall and resurrection of the science of human dissection

The medical school at the University of St Andrews in Scotland is among those that still dissects human cadavers. Each year we allocate one body to between 12 and 15 undergraduates in first, second and…

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