METHODS USED TO STUDY THE HISTORY OF ANATOMY IN THE CURRENT ERA Moving on to the topic of how one goes about studying the history of modern day anatomy, the two examples that will be analyzed will be Paying respect to human cadavers: We owe this to the first teacher in anatomy by Dr. Sanjib Kumar Gosh as well as an interview Dr. Jimmi Rios. To give some context as to the background of these sources of information, let it be noted that Dr. Sanjib Kumar Gosh is a faculty member of the anatomy department at the ESIC Medical College in India with at least twenty six different publications relating to the subject of anatomy (129). Additionally, Dr. Jimmi Rios is a gynecologist based in McAllen, Texas, who has studied anatomy extensively and was …show more content…
Potentially, this wide time frame may pose a problem for some researchers who would be more interested in the most current events in the field, but Gosh’s study is nonetheless a good example of how a researcher can make use of other techniques in order to gather data on the history of anatomy (130). The key feature of Gosh’s study is that, although the findings of his study revealed some rather disturbing information about the treatment of cadavers in some parts of the world in this era, he nonetheless exposed the problem at hand with concise honesty, which is essential for members of the scientific community to be able to rectify such problems and progress further (129). Should these problems be hidden or kept away from the public eye, the medical community in particular will face a backlash as a result of the malpractice in anatomy, as Gosh explains, “Unfortunately, reports repeatedly surface of documented instances in which the dignity of the cadaver has been compromised at various levels (Gangata et al., 2010; Riederer, 2016). Definitely, this is an area of concern in medical education as it could deter potential donors from pledging their mortal remains after death for the advancement of medicine” (Gosh …show more content…
Jimmi Rios was able to confer by far the most essential piece of advice that could potentially help one who is researching the modern day history of anatomy: to actively engage in communication with professionals experience in the field of anatomy, and to some extent biology and medicine. To quote his words from the interview, “Don’t be afraid talking to people like your university professors and other researchers. Most of the time, if you send them a polite email, they will be more than happy to sit down and have a conversation with you!” In other words, engaging in person to person primary research is, in Rios’s opinion, an efficient way for a researcher to gather data on the history of modern anatomy, though this depends on having accessibility to contact the aforementioned personnel, but this should not be a significant setback, for example, for a biology undergraduate student at a typical university who is often surrounded by professors and other faculty members with rich experience in the subject of