History of Anatomy in the Reflection of Collecting Media

Authors: Bugaevsky KA*

DOI: 10.23880/jhua-16000154

Volume 5, Issue 1

Abstract

The article presents the materials of the study devoted to the reflection in the means of collecting, information about the contribution to the anatomical study of the human body, by famous scientists-anatomists, both antiquity and modernity, Such as Avicenna, Ibn al-Nafiz, Andrei Vesalius, William Garvey, Ambroise Paré, Giovanni Baptista Morgagni, Miguel Servet, Gabriel Fallopius, Bartolomeo Eustachio, Leonardo da Vinci, Jan Yesenius, John Hunter, Ales Hrdlichka of the past and a number of others, in the reflection of various means of philately and numismatics. All these scientists made a significant contribution to the development and formation of anatomy as a basic medical science, but were also the founders of a number of related medical disciplines, such as pathological anatomy, operative surgery and topographic anatomy, forensic medical examination. The tools, techniques and techniques developed by them for the autopsy of corpses and the preparation of various parts of the body of deceased people, all the practical experience they have gained, are still actively used in modern anatomy and medicine. It is not surprising that the memory of these great scientists, anatomists and doctors is reflected in a number of types of modern collecting, in particular such as philately and numismatics. The article is illustrated with images of postage stamps, envelopes, postal blocks, commemorative medals and tokens of different countries and years of issue, their description and additional information is given.

Keywords: Anatomy; Scientists-anatomists; Philately; Postage stamps; Envelopes; Blocks; Numismatics; Commemorative medals

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