A method of teaching relational anatomy / C.M. Jackson.
- Clarence Martin Jackson
- Date:
- [1901]
Licence: In copyright
Credit: A method of teaching relational anatomy / C.M. Jackson. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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!['OA A METHOD OF TEACHING RELATIONAL ANATOMY.* C. M. JACKSON, M.S., M.D. ASSISTANT PItOFKSSOR OF A.NATOMY, I XIVEnSITY OF MISSOIJ];!. (JOLUMBlA, MO. For many centuries the science of anatomy has been universally recognized as the foundation for the study of medicine. It is, therefore, evident that the best method of studying and teaching this fundamental sub- ject is a problem of great importance. To anatomy be- longs the credit of l)eing the first science to adopt the objective, or laboratory method of study. Anatomists long ago insisted that the only way to gain real knowl- edge of anatomy is by dissection. The art of dissection has therefore been diligently cultivated for many centu- ries, and the practical limit of its development was reached nearly one hundred years ago. Indeed, the an- atomists of the present day are perhaps inferior in the art of dissection to those of the previous generation. This is undoubtedly due to the increased attention paid in recent years to the related subjects of comparative anatomy and embryology, and to the new world of facts jcvealed in microscopic anatomy or histology. The ef- fect of these studies has been to revolutionize the science of anatomy, so that its present scojje and significance arc ]jerhaps better expressed by the more comprehensive terra, morphology. * Uefid at the Fifty-second Annual Mi'etiiig of llie American .Medical Association, in the .Section on Surger.v and Anatomy, and approved for publication by the Kxpcutive Coinniirfpp of the Section:](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2145548x_0003.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
