[Between the ideal and the real: autopsy in post-unification Italy]

P Scarani; C Gallo; V Eusebi

[Between the ideal and the real: autopsy in post-unification Italy]

Pathologica. 1997 Apr;89(2):138-45.

[Article in Italian]

Authors

P Scarani¹, C Gallo, V Eusebi

Affiliation

¹ Dipartimento Clinico di Scienze Radiologiche e Istocitopatologiche, Università di Bologna.

PMID: 9411360

Abstract

A short history of autopsy practice in Bologna since 1859 is presented. The programmes of the chiefs of the school of anatomic pathology are revisited. A summary of the scientific impact of autopsy practice is also illustrated.

Publication types

English Abstract
Historical Article

MeSH terms

Autopsy / history*
Autopsy / statistics & numerical data
History, 18th Century
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Humans
Italy
Politics
Schools, Medical / history