Anatomists and Eponyms

The Spirit of Anatomy Past

Kurt Ogden Gilliland, Royce L. Montgomery (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

126 Seiten

2011
Nottingham University Press (Verlag)
978-1-904761-73-0 (ISBN)

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The medical curriculum teaches the barest essentials of human anatomy. The policy of eliminating all eponyms from the anatomical nomenclature is depriving both students and teachers of the incentive to learn the history of the great anatomist or physician who discovered the structure associated with his or her name. This book aims to address this.

The older traditional Human Anatomical Textbooks included numerous anatomical eponyms. This was a desire to perpetuate the memory of original investigators by associating their names with the anatomical structures that they had discovered. The current trends in most medical school curricula have reduced the subject matter in Human Anatomy to its barest essentials with the elimination of all eponyms. Both students and teachers are now deprived of learning the history associated with many of the former great anatomists. The objective of this book is therefore to introduce eponyms with pictures or plates depicting the investigator for which the anatomical structure is named. Only the more common eponyms associated with the various anatomical systems of the human body are included.

Dr. Kurt Gilliland has always been interested in both anatomical sciences and history. Having received a BA in biology, MS in physiology, and PhD in cell biology and anatomy, he is currently an assistant professor in the school of Medicine at the University of North Carolina where he teaches gross anatomy, embryology, and histology to first-year medical students in addition to conducting laboratory research on the cause of cataracts. He is co-author of The Human Body: Structure and Development and Appleton and Lange Review of Anatomy and is also a member of the American Association of Clinical Anatomists. Dr. Royce Montgomery, who holds a BA in biology, MS in zoology and PhD in anatomy, is a professor in the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina where he has been a faculty member since 1965. Specializing in gross anatomy and neuroanatomy, he has taught over 10,000 students of medicine, dentistry and physical therapy. He is co-author or author of The Human Body:Structure and Development and Appleton and Lange Review of Anatomy, Head and Neck Anatomy, and Basic Anatomy for the Allied Health Professions.

The Integumentary System (Dermatology, Plastic Surgery) * The Skeletal System (Orthopaedics, Radiology) * The Muscular System (Orthopaedics, Physical Therapy, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, General Surgery) * The Nervous System (Neurology, Neurosurgery) * The Endocrine System (Endocrinology and Metabolism) * The Cardiovascular System (Cardiology, Cardiopulmonary, Vascular surgery) * The Lymphatic System (Surgical Oncology) * The Respiratory System (Pulmonology) * The Digestive System (Gastroenterology, Hepatology) * The Urinary System (Urology, Nephrology) * The Reproductive System (Obstetrics and Gynecology) * The Auditory System (Otolaryngology) * The Visual System (Ophthalmology)

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.11.2011
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Anatomie / Neuroanatomie
Themenwelt	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
ISBN-10	1-904761-73-9 / 1904761739
ISBN-13	978-1-904761-73-0 / 9781904761730
Zustand	Neuware