EVOLUTION OF CONCEPTS ABOUT THE ANATOMY OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
Anna Mikhailovna Subotyalova, Mikhail Albertovich Subotyalov
Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University, Novosibirsk, Russia
Keywords: history of science, history of medicine, history of biology, history of anatomy, human anatomy, anatomy of the digestive system
Abstract
The article deals with the history of the development of the anatomy of the digestive system. The materials used were publications in editions included in the Russian Science Citation Index and PubMed. The search depth for publications was 20 years. The results concerning the development of ideas about the anatomy of the digestive system were summarized. The first mentions of some organs of the digestive system date back to the ancient era. Physicians and anatomists described the organs based on the information they obtained when dissecting bodies (in those cultures where this was not prohibited). Over the next several centuries, doctors relied on the knowledge gained by ancient scientists. But in the 15th-16th centuries, there was a relaxation in concern of dissecting human bodies for scientific and medical purposes. This not only revived the interest in human anatomy, but also led to an increase of knowledge in this area, which continued into the Modern Age. Erroneous ideas of anatomists of the previous era were corrected. Technologies of the 20th century made it possible to study the digestive system at a deeper, specifically cellular level. The article shows the contribution of domestic scientists (N.I. Pirogov, N.K. Kulchitsky, L.A. Shangina, S.N. Kasatkin, F.F. Saks, M.G. Shubich, M.R. Sapin, A.A. Stadnikov, D.V. Bazhenov, L.L. Kolesnikov) to the development of this area. The history of the evolution of ideas about the digestive system anatomy can be considered when studying special issues within the framework of the university disciplines “Human Anatomy”, “History of Medicine” and “History of Biology”.,
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