title: Role of anatomy in our contemporary age and the history of the Anatomy Museum of Naples.
abstract: This work analyzes the significance of anatomical knowledge in the contemporary age through the history of a prestigious institution, the Anatomy Museum of Naples. The museum's past was ineluctably linked not only to the local sociopolitical events but also to the scientific developments of medicine. The museum is an academic place where the importance of the anatomic science in the contemporary age both in the scientific and in the cultural fora is evident.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public and Preventive Medicine, Seconda Università di Napoli, Italy. vincenzo.esposito@unina2.it
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Esposito
authors.forename: Simona
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chiapparo
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000266:history*; D006666:History of Medicine; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D007558:Italy; D009144:Museums / Q000266:history*