title: [Between the ideal and the real: autopsy in post-unification Italy].
abstract: A short history of autopsy practice in Bologna since 1859 is presented. The programmes of the chiefs of the school of anatomic pathology are revisited. A summary of the scientific impact of autopsy practice is also illustrated.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Clinico di Scienze Radiologiche e Istocitopatologiche, Università di Bologna.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Scarani
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gallo
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Eusebi
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy / Q000266:history* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D011057:Politics; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000266:history