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HUMAN DISSECTION. ITS DRAMA AND STRUGGLE 



demonstrations were given by anatomy professors according to a 

 diary by Felix Platter; he was a medical student whose journal 

 reported that he joined a secret band of grave robbers in his sec- 

 ond year at Montpellier in order to get more material for self- 



Figure 6. Entrance to the Medical School of Montpellier. The building 



dates from 1364.'<lfrom Castiglionj, A.: A History of Medicine. Translated 



and edited by E. B. Krumbhaar. New York, Knopf, first edition, 1911; 



second revised and enlarged edition, 1947. By permission of Knopf. 



instruction. An anatomical theatre was built by Professor Ron- 

 delet in 1556; he has been accused of dissecting the body of his 

 dead son before his classes, indicating possibly a scarcity of ma- 

 terial. 



A chair in anatomy and botany at Montpellier was created 

 by edi(t of Henry IV, King of France (1553-1610). Richer de 



