@article{article_444070, title={Life of Gerard Blasius, and His Description of the Spinal Cord}, journal={Mersin Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Lokman Hekim Tıp Tarihi ve Folklorik Tıp Dergisi}, volume={9}, pages={30–36}, year={2019}, DOI={10.31020/mutftd.444070}, author={Bahşi, İlhan and Adanır, Saliha Seda}, keywords={Gerard Blasius,Nöroanatomi,Tıp tarihi,Anatomi Tarihi}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Gerard Blasius (Blasius or Blaes) is a Dutch
physician, chemist and anatomist. </span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">In this study, Gerard Blasius’ life, books and his
contributions to neuroanatomy were researched. </span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Blasius has written dozens of books. It is accepted
that first important study of spinal cord is belong to Blasius. He depicted the
horizontal section of the spinal cord and represented the white and gray
matters in these drawings successfully. Besides, in these drawings, spinal
ganglion, anterior median fissure, posterior median sulcus, brainstem, terminal
filum, cerebellum, vertebral artery, anterior spinal artery and spinal dura
mater are seen remarkably. </span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">In addition to being one of the leading scientists in
anatomy, zootomy, botany and chemistry, Blasius’ description and drawing of
spinal cord in detail must be seen as a success beyond the his time. </span> </p>}, number={1}, publisher={Mersin Üniversitesi}