Release Date: 2024-06-17

The Role of Anatomy in Human History

Vatan Kavak (Author)

Release Date: 2024-06-17

The scientific history of anatomy begins with human history. As a result of the dangers, injuries and deaths that humanity has encountered in its struggle for survival, an interest in examining the human body has arisen. With this curiosity, the bodies of dead people were examinedIn the light of these researches, understanding the depth of [...]

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    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.69860/nobel.9786053359418.1
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    The scientific history of anatomy begins with human history. As a result of the dangers, injuries and deaths that humanity has encountered in its struggle for survival, an interest in examining the human body has arisen. With this curiosity, the bodies of dead people were examinedIn the light of these researches, understanding the depth of the human body and organ functions contributed to the science of anatomy and human health and formed the basis of complementary medicine.Therefore, the scientific development of human anatomy has gained scientific prestige thanks to great sacrifices and patient work.The development of study methods for examining the human body and the church’s permission to examine corpses in the 19th and early 20th centuries led to important studies.Anatomy science constitutes the cornerstone of complementary medicine and medical education. The format and amount of information prepared for anatomy education has evolved and changed depending on the demands of the medical profession. Anatomy education today and modern medicine are significantly different from anatomy education and complementary medicine in the past. The methods used in anatomy education have not changed much. The public cadaver dissections that emerged in the late Middle Ages and the beginning of the Early Renaissance and the ’anatomical charcoal drawings’ used in practical courses provided a treasure trove of information in anatomy education, complementary medicine and modern medicine.

    Vatan Kavak (Author)
    Professor, Dicle University
    https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5287-4485
    3 Obtained BSc (1985), MSc (1989), and PhD in Anatomy (1994) at the Dicle University,Turkey. Worked as an Assistant at the Institute of Health Science (1986-1995) and as Assistant Professor at Medical Faculty of Dicle University since 1995. Became an Associate Professor of Anatomy Department at the Medical School of Dicle University in 2009. Professor of Anatomy Department at the Medical school of Dicle University in 2014. Professor Kavak is currently a faculty member of the Department of Anatomy. Is also an illustrator of medical and biologcal books. Has academic and research interests: the field of anatomy and anthropology. Has more than two hundred scientific publications and two hundred scientific presentations.

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