“…the eyes of Vesalius and of Harvey might be dazzled by the sight of the tree that has grown out of their (Physick and Anatomy) grain of mustard seed.”
2016; Wiley; Volume: 30; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1002/ca.22812
ISSN1098-2353
Autores Tópico(s)Health and Medical Research Impacts
ResumoConsidered one of the best in his field, Thomas Henry Huxley (Fig. 1) was an English comparative anatomist and was born in 1825. Thought to be one of Darwin's biggest advocates, Huxley worked during an enlightened time in the fields of medicine and anatomy. He stated, Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895) “… our ‘Physick‘ and ‘Anatomy’ have embraced such infinite varieties of being, have laid open such new worlds in time and space, have grappled, not unsuccessfully, with such complex problems, that the eyes of Vesalius and of Harvey might be dazzled by the sight of the tree that has grown out of their grain of mustard seed.” Interestingly, Huxley also defended Darwin's views on evolution and in 1860 at Oxford, famously debated Bishop Samuel Wilberforce of Darwin's On the Origin of Species. When the bishop asked Huxley which side of his family contained the ape, Huxley famously replied that he would prefer to descend from an ape than a human who used his intellect “for the mere purpose of introducing ridicule into grave scientific discussion” (Fig. 2) Frontispiece of Huxley's Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature published in 1863. This issue of Clinical Anatomy would most definitely dazzle the eyes of Vesalius and Harvey. Herein, anatomical meta-analyses, review of morphological issues predisposing the elderly to hip fracture, and the use of shear wave elastography for the gastrocnemius are presented along with many other topics of interest.
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