The pedagogical value of autopsy

Knowledge of human anatomy was acquired through dissections of the human body that may have begun as long as 4000 years ago, in Babylonian times. Later documentation was in Egyptian times (3000 BC-1600 BC), as exemplified with the Ebers and other papyri. Around 300 BC, the Greek physician, Herophil...

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Main Authors: Fernando Peixoto Ferraz de Campos, Luiz Otávio Savassi Rocha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of São Paulo 2015-09-01
Series:Autopsy and Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.revistas.usp.br/autopsy/article/view/107038