The birth and evolution of neuroscience through cadaveric dissection

Neurosurgery

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 799-809

  Moon, Karam ^a   Filis, Andreas K ^a   Cohen, Alan R ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadaver dissection; History of medicine; Neuroanatomy; Vivisection

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CADAVER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TRAINING;

ANATOMY; CADAVER; DISSECTION; GREECE; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROSCIENCES; NEUROSURGERY;

EID: 77956183543     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000383135.92953.A3     Document Type: Review

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