While instructing medical students in anatomy, the great Renaissance physician Andreus Vesalius was in the habit of sketching muscles and nerves on the dissecting table. Like his forebears, he ...

Over the centuries, dissecting the human body has evolved from a criminal offense to a vehicle of mass entertainment to an initiation rite. In the Middle Ages, human dissections were forbidden. In ...

Students learn human anatomy better when they can paint body parts on a real live body, says one Australian expert. Professor Paul McMenamin of the University of Western Australia reports on the use ...

Students learn human anatomy better when they can paint body parts on a real live body, one Australian expert says. Professor Paul McMenamin of the University of Western Australia reports on the use ...