history of anatomy in the 19th century

The history of anatomy in the 19th century saw anatomists largely finalise and systematise the descriptive human anatomy of the previous century. The discipline also progressed to establish growing sources of knowledge in histology and developmental biology, not only of humans but also of animals. Anatomical science Sommerring Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring originally published a clear, accurate and precise system in German (1791–1796), then in Latin (1794–1800). There was a second German edition in 1800–1801 and a further eight-volume edition (1841–1844) revised and with additional material by Th.L.W. Bischoff, Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, E.H. Huschke, Theile, G.G. Valentin, , and Rudolph Wagner. The arrangement of the edition is: Vol. 1: Wagner details the life, correspondence and literary writings of Sommerring; Vol. 2: Anatomy of the bones and ligaments; Vol. 3: Anatomy of the muscles and the vascular system by Theile; Vol. 4: microscopic anatomy of the nervous system by Valentin, including the brain, the spinal cord, and the ganglia; Vol. 5: Anatomy of the organs by Huschke – this part of the work had been left incomplete by Sommerring but he had left extensive material to work on; Vol. 6: An entire and complete system of general anatomy, deduced from personal observation by Henle and other careful observers, the materials being in general new, and in all instances confirmed and rectified; Vol. 7: Developmental biology of mammals and humans, by Bischoff; Vol. 8: Pathological anatomy of the human body, by Vogel, but only the generalities of the subject.