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It is hoped later to make a comprehensive survey of 

 the development of anatomy. Over one thousand names 

 have been compiled, and will ultimately be studied. Eight 

 hundred of these have already been partially examined 

 and will shortly be published. 



In the development of our anatomical literature there 

 has been involved a whole host of men in a number of dif- 

 ferent lines of activitj^, which it will be interesting to dis- 

 cuss. Many of the men included in the list were not 

 professional anatomists but since they contributed to the 

 advancement of anatomical knowleduc we mwy regard 

 them as contributors and they are liciico doerving of 

 consideration. 



As would be expected, the following survey of the 

 anatomists indicates, in general, an intellectual develop- 

 ment in each country at the time when other conditions, 

 physical, social, religious and political, favored the growth 

 of mental work among the nation, altliongh \\\\^ -tntoment 

 finds certain contradictions, as in tho casi^ of :\Iicliacl Ser- 

 vetus, Abano, Fallopio, Malpighi, X'esaliiis. and many 

 more of the early students especially, whose work was ac- 

 complished under adverse conditions. The dates of the 

 majority of the anatomists who find a place in the present 

 study belong to a period when intellectual endeavor had 

 attained a firm place in encli country. Amoni>- the Greeks 

 for instance, there is no one wlio attained eminence in 

 anatomy later than the tliird century a.d. Xo modern 

 Greek anatomist is included in the list. 



There are representative anatomists of twenty-seven 

 nationalities, though many of the countries are not widely 

 separated geographically. The foMowing geograyihical 

 distribution indicates nothing previously unknown, but is 

 presented here simply as an intei-estini*' sur\-ey. There 

 are doubtless many more men of nil these nations who are 

 deserving of mention. 'I'he list contains 1 .lajinnese 

 (Mitsukuri, 18r)S \W. an nnl.r> oloo i^t. wh.. i^ here re- 

 garded as the only one of this nation who has occupied a 



