Test 1- names Flashcards
Pietro D’Argellate
wrote books describing earliest Medieval embalming. He performed embalming called “Anatomies” on executed prisoners. LOW TEMPS SLOWED DECOMP.
Galen of Pergamon
Only credible work in human anatomy during middle ages
Mundinus
dissected 2 cadavers. 1st serious embalmer of Middle Ages
Leonardo Da Vinci
- developed a possible system of arterial injection
- dissected 50 bodies
- Many dissections and sketches
Dr. Frederick Ruysch
“Father of Embalming”. (world)
- discovered arterial injection .
- kept procedure a secret
Thomas Holmes
“Father of Embalming”- U.S
Marcello Malphighi
“Father of Histology”
noted physiology of capillary bed
-Used a microscope
Girolamo Segato
Stone like Statues
Dr. William Harvey
Discovered blood circulation
Dr. Gabriel Clauderus
-German
-publication “Arterial Embalming Without Evisceration”
surgical method ot inject major arteries
used chemicals called Balsamic Spirits
Cavity treatment
Anthony Vann Leeuwenhoek
Father of Microbiology
- used microscope
- discovered single cell organism
Dr. William Hunter and John Hunter
brothers
published injection technique for preserving human remains that became the standard of the day
-used femoral arter/femoral vein= HUNTERS CANAL
-utilized chemicals
-Removed viscera from thoracic/abdominal. vatted
-formulated a crude hardening compound
-finished cadaver placed on plaster of paris bed to dehydrated for 4 years
-Embalmed for funeral purposes
Jean Gannal
Medical Anatomist combined embalming with funeralization
Embalmed for funeral purpose
Thomas Greenhill
wrote Treatise on the art of embalming.” severe criticism of british tradesman undertakers inferior work. defended the charter of Barber Surgeon’s monopoly on embalming
