3rd century B.C.
The first documented scientific dissections on the human body are carried out as early as the third century B.C. in Alexandria. At that time, anatomists explore anatomy through dissections of animals, primarily pigs and monkeys.
When were cadavers first used?
In the first half of the third century B.C, two Greeks, Herophilus of Chalcedon and his younger contemporary Erasistratus of Ceos, became the first and last ancient scientists to perform systematic dissections of human cadavers.
Who was the first anatomist?
Andreas Vesalius was a Belgian born anatomist and physician, born in 1514 into a family of physicians. He is considered the father of modern anatomy and his work the beginning of modern medicine.
