Bologna. 



The Part which it has played in the History of Anatomy: 



Its Octo-centenary cellehration. 



A Lecture delivered to the Anatomy Class of Trinity College on the 

 1st November, 1888») 



by 



D. J. Cunningham, M.D. 



On the 12th of June, 1888, the University of Bologna celebrated 

 its octo-centenary. The great antiquity of the famous Studium of 

 Bologna renders this an event of interest to students of every class; 

 but to us, who are students of anatomy, it is of especial interest, 

 because is was in this ancient seat of learning that the science of 

 anatomy was revived, after it had fallen into utter neglect in Europe 

 during the barbarous period which we term the Dark Ages. 



It would be wrong to allow so important an event to pass with- 

 out some special notice. I purpose, therefore, devoting my opening 

 lecture this session to an account of the part which Bologna has 

 played in the history of anatomy; and when I have accomplished this 

 I shall give you a brief sketch of the ceremony which took place at 

 the celebration festival. 



The time will not be misspent, because nothing is more calcu- 

 lated to awaken our interest in a subject than a contemplation of 

 the various phases through which it has passed — nothing tends more 

 to stimulate the ardour of a student than the tale told of the struggles 

 undergone and the distinctions won by the early pioneers of the 

 science which he is called upon to study. 



ij Reprinted from the Dublin Journal of Medical Science — December, 1888. 



Internationale Monatsschrift für Anat. u. Phys. VII. 1 



