I am looking for literature relating to dissection and surgery in the past.
Specifically I wonder if there is literature that evaluates the dissective skills of Erasistratus and Herophilus. Or anatomy or skills in the Antiquity. It is beneficial to include also the view of modern anatomist or surgeons.
One of the questions is if someone in the Ancient time could dissect the upperarm and show, relatively clearly, the biceps brachii?
How hard would it be to dissect the tendons and show the musculotendinous junction, or of course the end of the muscle, and the beginning of the tendon in macroscopic perspective.
In general how hard would it be for a dissector to investigate if tendons went through the muscle, or would end somewhere.
The same goes for the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Early Modern period.
Could for instance certain tools depicted be analyzed to predict a potential skill of dissection?
Thanks in advance.
Some of the papers in my project 'An UNusual Power: the rise and influence of medical doctors may help especially one I will put on the site tomorrow, dealing with early 19th century anatomists.
Hi Peter
You can caeck these articles (but not specifically mentioned about tendons)
Article Human cadaveric dissection: A historical account from ancien...
Article Herophilus and Erasistratus, pioneers of human anatomical dissection
http://dergipark.gov.tr/download/article-file/20380
First until the fifteenth edition of Gray's Anatomy includes a lot of surgical information, although older than that I can recall a few books:
Abraham Colles - A treatise on Surgical Anatomy (1811)
Garengeot - SPLANCHNOLOGIE L'ANATOMIE DES VISCERES (1741)
John Macewen - Surgical Anatomy (1910)
The translation of a few Galen books by Goss is also very interesting:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aja.1001180202/abstract
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.1091450402/full
Article On anatomy of veins and arteries by Galen of Pergamos
Article Whether blood is contained in the arteries of the living ani...
Unfortunately, I do not possess older references than this. Hope it helps.
Historia del acceso abdominal a través de orificios naturales antes de la endoscopia (Parte 1)
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Historia del acceso abdominal a través de orificios naturales antes de la endoscopia (Parte 2)
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These may help even was dedicated to laparoscopy and NOTES
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