Lessons in Physiology, for Use in Schools: Including Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene and the Alcohol and Other Stimulants on the Human Body and Mind (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

George Dallas Lind

9780656974467: Lessons in Physiology, for Use in Schools: Including Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene and the Alcohol and Other Stimulants on the Human Body and Mind (Classic Reprint)

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Erasistratus, about 300 bc, was the first to make a dissection of the human body after death. In ancient times it was a violation of law to dissect a human body, and all investigations were carried on in secret. Some knowledge of Anatomy was Obtained by the dissection of monkeys and other animals whose organs were supposed to resemble those of man.

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