Society members visit the Human Anatomy Centre at the University of Cambridge
Society members visited the Human Anatomy Centre at the University of Cambridge as part of our program of membership visits. Human dissection at Cambridge dates back over 450 years in colleges such as Gonville & Caius and Magdalene College. 2016 marked the 300th anniversary of the establishment of the Anatomy School in Queens' Lane in 1716. Today, Cambridge continues to offer students the irreplaceable experience of full-body dissection in the Functional Architecture of the Body course.
The visit was guided by Dr Richard Lloyd, Dr Sarah Fawcett and Professor Cecilia Brassett who gave an overview of the Department and their work on anatomical dissection and find out how the body donation programme works and how their VH (virtual human) dissection software is used. A guided tour of the Dissecting Room including viewing various historical items from their collections also took place.
Photo: Dr Richard Lloyd from the Human Anatomy Centre at the University of Cambridge talks to CPS members
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