Recently, I started a degree heavily related to the human body and began studying human anatomy. It truly fascinates me how we even know all this stuff? How did we come to understand what (for example) the nerve system looks like? I'd love to know if there is any book on that. So far, the only books I've come across are related to the discoveries of certain drugs or illnesses, and I'm looking for something about anatomy, how people studied it, and so on. Or was it so long ago that we know too little about it? Any help appreciated!
by nab0mber
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You could maybe look for sources at or around Bologna, Italy! I know they were very big when it came to early anatomical studies.
Death, Dissection, and the Destitute by Ruth Richardson
Anatomies: A Cultural History of the Human Body, by Hugh Aldersey-Williams