Primeros atlas anatómicos utilizados en la formación de médicos en Chile / First anatomical atlas used in the training of physicians in Chile

RESUMEN: En Chile, los primeros médicos se formaron en la Universidad Real de San Felipe y el Instituto Nacional, entre 1758 y 1833. Sus maestros Domingo Nevín, Manuel Chaparro y Pedro Morán, usaron y recomendaron los pocos libros existentes. El objetivo de este trabajo fue analizar estos libros con ilustraciones anatómicas que se utilizaron durante este período y en las que los primeros estudiantes de medicina encontraron una guía visual para la comprensión de la anatomía humana y la práctica de la disección. Para este estudio, se analizaron los trabajos de Lorenz Heister (1755), Martin Martínez (1764), Friedrich Tiedemann (1822a,b) y François Chaussier (1823). Para estos autores, se desarrolló una síntesis con datos biográficos relevantes. Para los libros se realizó un análisis bibliográfico, cuantitativo y descriptivo-cualitativo. Las imágenes también se analizaron según las clasificaciones de Gómez (2005), Choulant (1852) y Kemp (1990). En cuanto a los autores de los textos, eran médicos, cirujanos, anatomistas y / o legistas médicos, de origen alemán, español o francés. Los textos están escritos en español, francés, alemán y/o latín. Presentan imágenes con diferentes niveles de detalle, en blanco y negro o en color. Toda la bibliografía anatómica utilizada durante el período de estudio es de origen europeo, transfiriéndose a través de sus páginas, una realidad centrada en la Europa de los siglos XVIII y XIX. Esta visión sesgada del conocimiento se ha mantenido hasta ahora, donde la enseñanza de la anatomía humana todavía se basa en textos de origen extranjero. El estudio profundo de las características de la formación de médicos en Chile es esencial para comprender el nacimiento de la identidad profesional, que ha sido de gran influencia en las ciencias de la salud y en la historia político-social de Chile.

SUMMARY: In Chile, the first doctors were trained at the Universidad Real de San Felipe and the National Institute, between 1758 and 1833, where docents Domingo Nevín, Manuel Chaparro and Pedro Morán, used and recommended the few existing books. The objective of this work was to analyze these books with anatomical illustrations that were used during this period and in which, the first medical students found a visual guide for the understanding of human anatomy and the practice of dissection. For this study, the works of Lorenz Heister (1755), Martin Martínez (1764), Friedrich Tiedemann (1822) and François Chaussier (1823) were analyzed. A synthesis with relevant biographical data was developed for these authors, and for the books a bibliographic, quantitative and descriptive-qualitative analysis was performed. The images were also analyzed according to the classifications of Gomez (2005), Choulant (1852) and Kemp (1990). Regarding the authors of the texts, they were doctors, surgeons, anatomists and / or medical legists, of German, Spanish or French origin. The texts are written in Spanish, French, German and / or Latin. They present images with different levels of detail, in black and white or in color. All the anatomical bibliography used during the period under study is of European origin, transferring through its pages, a reality centered on 18th and 19th century Europe. This biased view of knowledge has been maintained until the present, where the teaching of human anatomy is still based on texts of foreign origin. A profound study of the training characteristics of doctors in Chile, is essential to understand the beginning of a professional identity, which has been important influence in health sciences and the political - social history of Chile.

The study and application of the three dimensional anatomical atlas of temporal bone / 解放军医学杂志

Objective Celloidin sections of temporal bone were used to develop a serial stereo anatomical atlas of temporal bone by computer aided three dimensional(3-D) reconstruction and stereology. Methods Fifty sets of serial celloidin sections of temporal bone with reference points were prepared and 3-D morphology of structures in temporal bone was restored systemically by the technique of computer aided 3-D reconstruction. A system of stereo anatomical atlas of temporal bone with stereoscope was established. Results Totally 48 cases of reconstruction were accomplished for bony and membranous labyrinth, ossicles, tendons, facial nerve and its canal, round window membrane and niche, posterior ampullary nerve, endolymphatic sac, cochlear aqueduct, VII and VIIIth cranial nerve. The stereo picture pairs of these structures with the best representation were selected as the stereo anatomical atlas of temporal bone which showed the fine spatial morphology and relationship of the above structures. The stereo anatomical atlas was applied to guide ear surgery and to assist anatomic training of temporal bone. Conclusion The stereo anatomic atlas of temporal bone is an innovative powerful anatomic tool and has tremendous application futures in otology, or even in the whole medical science.