University of Maryland School of Medicine - Terrae Mariae Medicus (Baltimore, MD)

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EDUARD UHLENHUTH, PH.D. In Recognition . . . For those of our readers who have ever been associated with our school. Dr. Uhlen- huth is no stranger. His presence in the anatomy lab and in the halls has been a fami- liar sight to the freshman students here for many years. None of us will ever forget his vivid lectures and his precise dissections. He is considered an international author- ity on the anatomy of the human pelvis. His achievements have been so numerous that it is impossible to list them here. One of his many interests over the years has been the anatomical library in Bressler building which he originated and to which he has con- tinuously contributed both from his collections of medical literature and from his own writings. It is from this collection that the old anatomy charts in this book are taken and we wish to thank him for giving us the privilege of utilizing them in our book. 21

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ANATOMY , , yi .j.y.. . , y.. r y. .i . j( - • WILLIAM CRUIKSHANK The Anatomy of the Absorbing Vessels of the Human 1st Edition: (!. Nicol. London I7S6. William Cumberland Cruikshank ( I 745- 1 SOO ). of Edinburgh, the skill, like the lunus uives oil ' C ' 0 .. Body. demons! r ited that 20

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Frank H. J. Ficge. a.b.. ph.d. Professor of Anciumiy tinil Head oj ihc Depiirtment My Study of anatomy would never have succeeded had I when working at Medi- cine at Paris been wilHng that the viscera should he merely shown to me and to my fellow-students at one or another public dissection by wholly unskilled barbers, and that in the most superficial way. I had to put my own hand to the business. Andreas Vesalius. There is just no other way to do it. Here at the dissecting table we try to un- ravel the beautiful structural and func- tional intricacies of this dead body. There is an atavistic trace of awe and shock in our first maneuvers. But ... slicing and slivering the carcasses of bet- ter men and women than I ever was my- self or am like to be, we begin to see the living bodies of our someday patients. l ' hi is the sharicsi roiiic lo ilic dass picnic. 22