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Belleval was appointed to this post but refused to give any lec- 

 tures in anatomy in spite of the protests of his colleagues (Mac- 

 Callum, '08). 



d. The University of Paris: Sylvius and Servetus. No exact 

 date can be ascribed to the founding of the University of Paris. 

 In 1483, its faculty decreed that a knowledge of anatomy was 

 required for a MB, but human dissections were performed prior 

 to that date. Baker ('09) and Singer ('25) both stated that a public 

 anatomical demonstration was made as early as 1478. 



Figure 7. Jacques Dubois (Sylvius) (1478-1555). From>^arrison, F. H.: 

 An Introduction to the History of Medicine, Fourth edition. Philadelphia, 

 W. B. Saunders Company, 1929. By permission of W. B. Saunders Company. 



One of the early anatomists to make news at the University 



of Paris and elsewhere was Jacobus Sylvius (Jacques Dubois, 1478- 



^555). His personality, plus the fact that he taught students who 



