title: Joachim Oelhaf and the first public autopsy in Gdansk in 1613.
abstract: The first both in Gdansk and in Central Europe alleged public autopsy was performed by Joachim Oelhaf in February 1613. It was an evidence for Gdansk status as one of the leading anatomical centres in Europe. The aim of the article is to present the history of teaching medicine in Gdansk in early modern era and the eminent anatomists working in Academic Gymnasium of Gdansk. The preserved report of the autopsy of a new-born child with congenital defects is analysed as one of the very first texts in pathological anatomy. The described by Oelhaf case is identified as limb-body wall complex.
authors.affiliation: Department of History and Philosophy of Medical Sciences, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland. aszar@gumed.edu.pl.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szarszewski
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gulczyński
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cichorek
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuklińska
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Siek
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000266:history*; D001344:Autopsy / Q000266:history*; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011044:Poland