Anatomy in Greece and Rome

Authors

  • Carla Bocchetti Universidad Nacional de Colombia.

Abstract

This paper focusses on the general contributions which the ancients Greeks and Roman did in the study of human anatomy. It has a historical approach narrating the principal achievements of scientific knowledge developed in antiquity on the human body.

Keywords:

Anatomy, Human body, Plato, Hippocrates, Galen.

Author Biography

Carla Bocchetti, Universidad Nacional de Colombia.

PhD Universidad de Warwick, Inglaterra. Profesora Asistente.