THE ANATOMY HOUSE IN COPENHAGEN

Abstract

The Anatomy House in Copenhagen

Abstract

Thomas Bartholin’s “The Anatomy House in Copenhagen” edited by Niels W. Bruun who is a Senior Fellow at The Royal Library Copenhagen, has been recently published for the first time in English. This book is essentially the English translation of the original work of Thomas Bartholin in 1662 entitled “Domus Anatomica Hafniensis Brevissime Descripta” (A Brief Description of the Copenhagen Anatomy House). The original book meticulously described the layout of the Anatomy House alongside the first eighteen years of its history. Bruun points out in his Preface to this English version that he published Bartholin's book with a Danish translation and commentary once in 2007.

Keywords

• Anatomy
• House
• Copenhagen