title: [Clinic of the upper cervical spine and review of the medical history of the regional osteology (author's transl)].
abstract: After a brief review of the systematic clinical work up of this region within our century, the medical history of the osteology of the occipito-cervical junction is given special attention. It is looked upon the illustrations of the first printed anatomical textbooks that are linked with such famous names as Berengario, Dryander, Estienne, Vesal and Eustachius. Leonardo da Vinci's concept of the first two vertebrae is also mentioned.
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000266:history*; D001368:Axis, Cervical Vertebra / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D001270:Cervical Atlas / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005060:Europe; D006666:History of Medicine; D006801:Humans; D013131:Spine / Q000033:anatomy & histology*
vernacular_title: Klinik der oberen Halswirbelsäule in ihrer medizinhistorisch osteologischen Dimension