[XI] 



THE RISE OF THE RESURRECTIONISTS 



AND THEIR METHODS IN GREAT 



BRITAIN-A.D. c. 1750 to 1832 



JL he anatomizing of man has encountered the greatest difficul- 

 ties in Great Britain and the United States. The medical profes- 

 sion, in these countries, has never been able to organize itself be- 

 hind human dissection to the extent of publicizing or trying to 

 exert pressure on individuals or administrations concerned with 

 regulating the source of material. Few changes have been insti- 

 tuted on the basis of rational discussions. Rather erupting emo- 

 tionalism of a high order has evolved in certain geographical 

 spots and has been instrumental in producing some beneficial 

 modifications necessary for the teaching of anatomy in a modern 

 medical curriculum. Once things were relatively straightened 

 out, the anatomical program has been conducted in a quiet and 

 rather secluded manner. 



Because of certain developments in the British Isles during 

 the early part of the modern period, it gradually became the 

 center of medical education throughout the world. Although 

 latent in inaugurating a renaissance of its own, many British, 

 medical men took their training in Italy or Paris; some came into 

 contact with and were influenced by the outstanding anatomists 

 and surgeons there. They observed the methods in vogue at these 

 places and returned to their native countries with new ideas, 

 which they were anxious to experiment with and possibly put 

 into effect. Since anatomy and surgery were intimately associated 

 with each other, the former serving as a handmaid to the latter, 

 le individuals who were to carry the banner for anatomy in 

 rreat Britain were surgeon-anatomists. At an early stage, there 

 rere no professors who devoted themselves to full-time teaching 



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