De re Anatomica by Matteo Colombo

<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><strong>   <strong>Treasures of the RACS Cowlishaw Collection</strong>                                   </strong></p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><em>Speaker: Elizabeth Milford</em></p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>The Cowlishaw Collection, purchased in 1943 from the estate of physician and bibliophile, Dr Leslie Cowlishaw, illustrates the history of medicine and shows how it developed from witchcraft into a science. While several anatomists made significant contributions to the field in the 16^th century, history has tended to laud Vesalius and his <em>De Fabrica</em> over his one-time pupil Matteo Colombo, whose <em>De re Anatomica, </em>also based on anatomical observations and human dissection, was an important and successful publication in its day.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>                                                                    </p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p>