Leonardo da Vinci: The Mechanics of Man, a public lecture by Prof Peter Abrahams

Leonardo da Vinci was one of the greatest anatomists ever to have lived. He personally dissected more than thirty human corpses to explore every aspect of anatomy and physiology and recorded his findings in drawings of unparalleled beauty and lucidity. Had he published his research, Leonardo would have transformed European knowledge of the human body. Sadly, at his death, his studies remained unpublished among his personal papers and were unknown until around 1900. Professor Peter Abrahams, Clinical Anatomist from Warwick Medical School and long-time examiner for The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, will show how many new concepts in anatomical artistic design were unique to Leonardo’s work and how these concepts and ideas have now developed into many modalities of modern medical images.

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