HUMAN ANATOMY: Early History

T.V.N. Persaud, 
Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada

Babylonian clay model of sheep's liver

Figure 2.
Babylonian clay model of sheep's liver (about 19 th century B.C.) used in divination and for instruction in the temple. The cuneiform characters inscribed on the surface represent omen and magic formulae. By kind permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.

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Preparation of a corpse for dissection

Figure 4.
Preparation of a corpse for dissection as described by Susruta .
(see Persaud, 1984 for more details).

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