Ethical constraints in relation
to a cadaver do not cross the mind of medical professionals as it may seem
strange to devote attention to the value to be ascribed to the dead body or to
ethical issues surrounding the dead body or a cadaver.
After all, it appears that there
are few ethical issues surrounding dead bodies in comparison with living
bodies, whereas in living people the ethical constraints are undoubtedly
present. The most important book in the history
of medicine is an anatomical treatise published in 1543, ‘De humani
corporis fabrica’, based on dissections of the human body.
The illustrations in the seven
volumes of this work by Andreas Vesalius are exquisite for their beauty,
complexity and humanity.Prior to Vesalius anatomical texts were based largely
on dissections of animals. Leonardo Da Vinci not being an anatomist had made
beautiful pictures of the human body. His paintings were very descriptive and
the entire anatomy of the human body was given a three dimensional approach
with his art. In ancient ages cadavers were exhumed by unlawful means to study
human anatomy.
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