Anatomy

Andreas Vesalius was a Flemish physician and anatomist who wrote De humani corporis fabrica. Anatomy is one of the first subjects any medical student takes, the first time we really examine the human body, our first encounter with death. Many of us forget the details learned in the long quiet hours of the anatomy lab, and indeed, I thought I was finished until this year. Anesthesia, it turns out, requires a fairly thorough knowledge of human anatomy, from the vasculature of the extremities to the division of pulmonary lobes to congenital anomalies. But this time, I open my anatomy book with a little more focus, direction, and interest.

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