Anatomists Anatomists Ibn Al-Nafis (full name, Ala-al-Din Abu al-Hasan Ali Ibn Abi al-Hazm al-Qarshi al-Dimashqi) was born in 1213 in Damascus. He attended the Medical College Hospital (Bimaristan Al-Noori). Apart from medicine, Ibn al-Nafis learned jurisprudence, literature and theology. He became an expert on the Shafi'i school of jurisprudence and an expert physician. ...more on Wikipedia about "Al-Nafis"
Alexander Munro III followed his father and grandfather in becoming professor of anatomy at Edinburgh University in the early 19th century, at a time when the University still had the reputation of being the best medical school in the United Kingdom but had declined significantly from its heyday in the Enlightenment of the 18th century. Two thirds of the professors were appointed by the Tory City Council on the basis of their party list subject to approval by the Kirk, with little regard for ability. In some cases families treated the university chairs as hereditary, and Alexander Munro III exemplified the mediocrity this could produce. His manner was described as "unimpassioned indifference" and lectures were known to degenerate into riots. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alexander Munro III"
João Rodrigues de Castelo Branco, better known as Amato Lusitano ( 1511– 1568), was a notable Portuguese Jewish physician of the 16th century. ...more on Wikipedia about "Amato Lusitano"
Arthur Worth Ham ( 20 February 1902 – 6 September 1992) was a prominent Canadian histologist. His textbook Histology is considered by many practitioners an indispensable reference. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arthur Ham"
Emil Zuckerkandl ( 1 September 1849 in Raab, Hungary - 28 May 1910 in Vienna) was a Hungarian-Austrian anatomist. Educated at the University of Vienna ( M.D. 1874). In 1875 he became privat-docent of anatomy at the University of Utrecht, and he was appointed assistant professor at the University of Vienna in 1879, being made professor at Graz in 1882. Since 1888 he has been professor of descriptive and topographical anatomy at the University of Vienna. ...more on Wikipedia about "Emil Zuckerkandl"
Ilya Grusinov was a Russian anatomist. In 1812 he discovered that the actual source for a deep and pleasant vocal sound is the membrane, which is a posterior wall of trachea and bronchi. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ilya Grusinov"
Jan Evangelista Purkyně (also written Johannes Evangelists Purkinje, ) ( 17th December, 1787 - 28th July, 1869) was a Czech anatomist, patriot, and physiologist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jan Evangelista Purkyně" Whatever You're Into, Get Into http://www.shortopedia.com. shortopedia
Josef Hyrtl ( December 7 1810– July 17 1894) was an Austrian anatomist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Josef Hyrtl"
Olaus Rudbeck (also known as Olof Rudbeck the Elder, to distinguish him from his son, and occasionally with the surname Latinized as Olaus Rudbeckius) ( 1630- 1702), Swedish scientist and writer, professor of medicine at Uppsala University and for several periods rector magnificus of the same university. He was the son of Johannes Rudbeckius and father of Olof Rudbeck the Younger. ...more on Wikipedia about "Olaus Rudbeck"
Santiago Ramón y Cajal ( May 1, 1852 – October 17, 1934), Nobel laureate, 1906, was a Spanish histologist and is considered to be the father of modern neuroscience. ...more on Wikipedia about "Santiago Ramón y Cajal"
Andreas Vesalius ( December 31, 1514 - October 15, 1564) was a Flemish anatomist and author of one of the most influential books on human anatomy, De Humanis Corporis Fabrica (On the Workings of the Human Body). Vesalius has been often been referred to as the founder of modern human anatomy. ...more on Wikipedia about "Vesalius"
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