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Anatomy
Anatomy, the cornerstone of medicine, assumed central importance in medical education with the institution of human dissection in fourteenth century Italy. Printed and illustrated anatomy texts soon supplemented university instruction. A notable early example of this literature is found in Johannes de Ketham's Fasciculus Medicinae (1491), a collection including Mondino dei Liuzzi's Anatomia (1316) and featuring one of the earliest images of an anatomy lesson. This was followed by a succession of remarkable and beautiful anatomical atlases over the next four centuries, many of which are found in the Dittrick rare book collection. On the following pages you will find a small sampling of our extensive collection dating from the late fifteenth century and later.
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