2024

ANATOMICAL TEATRO

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In 1315, the first dissection of a human body was held under the leadership of Bolonais Mondino, the author of the first Dissection Guide, and under the high authority of the Church whose representatives installed behind a height trap could at any time interrupt the operation. In this wooden theatre, detachable, which served only the two winter months conducive to dissection, we inspected all parts of the body without ever touching the heart "the soul box" and made discoveries of incredible scientific progress, especially in 1316 with the first dissection of the body of a pregnant woman.

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