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Tartu Old Anatomical Theatre 200-Contribution of German anatomists
Marina Aunapuu1, Margus Puusepp, Maie Toomsalu
1Department of Anatomy, University of Tartu, Ravila 19, Biomedicum, 51014 Tartu, Estonia. marina.aunapuu@ut.ee
Abstract:
One of the first centres of medical higher education in the Baltic countries was the University of Tartu (Dorpat), which was founded in 1632 by the Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus II. The University's first genuinely own building, however, the Old Anatomical Theatre, was completed only in 1805 after the re-opening of the University (1802). This year marks the 200th anniversary of its opening. The Old Anatomical Theatre has played an important role in Estonian medicine, and also a number of German morphologists, who have left a deep mark in world science, have worked in this building at different times.
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