title: [Anatomy cadaver ceremonies in Taiwan].
abstract: The practice of holding annual ceremonies in honor of cadaver donors in Taiwan's medical schools has a history of nearly a hundred years. It originated in Japan, where such ceremonies have been widely held in medical schools since the practice was founded by Toyo Yamawaki, who was the first medical scholar in Japan to engage in dissection of the human body and was the author of the first anatomy book to appear in Japan, the Zoshi. The practice of holding donor ceremonies was introduced into Taiwan after the Jaiwu Sino - Japanese war, when the island became a Japanese colony. The tradition was upheld in the Viceroy's Medical School, the Viceroy's College of Medicine, and Taihoku (Taipei) Imperial University College of Medicine, and continued since the restoration of Chinese power to the present. The practice of holding cadaver donor ceremonies in institutions of medical education is intended to express respect for the donor as well as to encourage the practice of cadaver donation to the benefit of medical education.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Lifu Museum of Chinese Medicine, China Medical College, Taichung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kao
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ha
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000266:history*; D004210:Dissection; D005655:Funeral Rites / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D018594:Human Body; D007564:Japan; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000266:history*; D013624:Taiwan