Animals and Public Anatomy in Early Modern Europe

公共解剖学，每年在大多数欧洲医学院进行的仪式解剖和动物检查，是现代早期公共文化的重要组成部分。这样的活动不仅教公众什么是身体看起来像，他们也娱乐，开明，眼花缭乱，并提供道德教育，以广大公众。一句话，解剖学的演示形成了一个“道德剧场”。这项研究将探讨这些事件如何利用动物来反映对人体的看法。更一般地说，公共解剖学将被用作研究欧洲文化在宗教和世俗思维模式之间的过渡的战略研究场所。在这些方面，公共解剖学的研究揭示了不断变化的思维模式，探索了科学与公众之间的关系，并揭示了当代对动物实验的关注的早期前身。这项研究将主要基于英国、法国、意大利和荷兰的档案研究，并将撰写学术文章和一本书。

Public anatomy, the ceremonial dissection and examination of animals that was performed annually at most European medical schools, was an important part of public culture in the early modern period. Such events not only taught the public what the body looked like, they also entertained, enlightened, bedazzled, and offered moral education to the general public. In a word, anatomical demonstration formed a `moral theatre.` This study will examine how such events used animals to reflect ideas about the human body. More generally, public anatomy will be used as a strategic research site for studying European culture in the transition between religious and secular modes of thought. In such respects the study of public anatomy sheds light on changing modes of thought, explores the relationship between science and the general public, and reveals early antecedents to contemporary concerns about animal experimentation. The study will be based largely on archival research in Britain, France, Italy and the Netherlands, and will produce scholarly articles and a book.