HLTH 385W Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Mondino De Liuzzi, Guy De Chauliac, Andreas Vesalius
21 Jul 2018
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3rd century bc: the school of greek medicine in alexandria was established. Herophilus and erasistratus became the 1st greek physicians to perform systematic dissections of human cadavers. Able to begin dissections because the royal patronage handed over the bodies of executed criminals to them for scientific research. Before that, physicians were not allowed to perform dissections of the human body. Death of both herophilus and erasistratus prompted the disappearance of human dissection in not only alexandria but from all of ancient greek science. Empiricists - believed that the human dissection had no scientific use in anatomy teaching. 389 ad: burning of alexandria completely eliminated dissections. Spread of christianity in europe forced further scientific research to come to a halt. Church authorities allowed the physicians to work with only the knowledge from. Human dissection considered blasphemous and was outlawed. European world respected the voice of the church more than scientific research and discoveries.
