Open AccessRole of anatomy in our contemporary age and the history of the Anatomy Museum of Naples
Author(s) -
Esposito Vincenzo,
Chiapparo Simona
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the anatomical record part b: the new anatomist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1552-4914
pISSN - 1552-4906
DOI - 10.1002/ar.b.20297
Subject(s) - institution , human anatomy , anatomy , anthropology , medicine , sociology , social science
This work analyzes the significance of anatomical knowledge in the contemporary age through the history of a prestigious institution, the Anatomy Museum of Naples. The museum's past was ineluctably linked not only to the local sociopolitical events but also to the scientific developments of medicine. The museum is an academic place where the importance of the anatomic science in the contemporary age both in the scientific and in the cultural fora is evident. Anat Rec (Part B: New Anat) 289B:92–97, 2006. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.