Teatro Anatomico, University of Bologna

As a pathologist, a highlight of my trip was to visit one of the early sites of academic anatomy study. The body was placed on the marble slab and was dissected by the workers (called dieners), while the professor proclaimed the findings from the pulpit. Students observed from the benches. The statues at the front are the "Spellati," the "skinned ones"--statues of people with the skin removed, to highlight the musculature.

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