Part 2 - Getting Hold of Bodies: The Genesis of the Anatomy Act and the Traffic of Corpses to the Medical Schools
I continue with the trans-Atlantic story of the traffic of dissectable corpses, beginning with the notorious Burke and Hare scandal in England. This was soon followed by the Bishop and Williams scare ...
11 Okt 20211h 8min
Head and Neck Quiz No. 2
Second Head and Neck Quiz Musical Interlude Frederic Chopin Ballad No 1 in G minor Opus 23 Answers in Detail
29 Sep 202155min
The Anatomy of the Larynx
This podcast defines the structure of the laryngeal skeleton comprising its cartilages, joints, ligaments and membranes along with the anatomy of the cavity of the larynx and the laryngeal musculature...
19 Sep 202134min
Getting Hold of Bodies: The Genesis of the Anatomy Act of 1832 and the Traffic of Corpses to the Medical Schools
This podcast describes the 1752 Murder Act in England and its equivalent in America along with the tough equation of body access for the dissectors: the problem of supply and demand. With its hanging ...
4 Sep 20211h 10min
The Anatomy of the Pharynx
This podcast discusses the basic layered structural anatomy of the pharynx revisiting its attachment to the skull base and including the anatomical description of the 3 constrictor muscles (superior, ...
14 Aug 202135min
Sibling Rivalry in the Eighteenth Century - The Hunter Brothers and the Natural Oeconomy Part 2
This is a continuation from Part 1 which placed the Hunters in their aristocratic milieu. In this podcast I discuss the different nature of the Hunterian collections as reflected by the differing pers...
7 Aug 202154min
AHN 12 - Mouth and Palate
This podcast discusses the boundaries of the mouth and the musculature of the soft palate (tensor palati, levator palati, musculus uvulae, palatoglossus and palatopharyngeus). Includes tonsillar anato...
1 Aug 20211h 7min
Sibling Rivalry in the Eighteenth Century - The Hunter Brothers and Displays of the Natural Oeconomy
In this podcast I introduce the Hunter brothers in their social and aristocratic milieu. The beginnings of the Great Windmill Street School of Anatomy and the availability of the Parisian method of di...
17 Jul 202159min
