Opening cadavers, a unique experiment

Opening cadavers, a unique experiment

—Born at the end of the thirteenth century, anatomical dissection went from being a sporadic rarity to a widespread experimental practice in Western scientific culture.—   The opening of a cadaver with the aim of searching inside it to learn the...
Claudius Galen and Galenism

Claudius Galen and Galenism

—The synthesis of classical medicine carried out by Galen and his followers succeeded in creating the model that prevailed in the Western world until the eighteenth century.—   Few figures dedicated to the study of the human body, both in health and...