Tag: Observations On some of the Diseases Of the Parts of the Human Body: Chiefly taken from the Dissections of Morbid Bodies
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Samuel Clossy’s Observations: An unrecognized contribution to the origin of anatomical pathology
Guillermo QuinonezAncaster, ON, CanadaLaurette GeldenhuysHalifax, NS, Canada It is often stated in the medical history literature that Anatomical Pathology was established as a modern science in 1761 when Giovanni Battista Morgagni published Site and Causes of Disease (Figure 1) in Italy.1,2 However, the development of the discipline was likely more complex, occurring somewhat concurrently in…