What does the future hold?

• Main Author: Campos, Fernando Peixoto Ferraz de
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Portuguese; English; Spanish
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo. Hospital Universitário 2012
• Subjects: Avian flu
• Online Access: https://www.revistas.usp.br/autopsy/article/view/26080

Since ancient times the knowledge of thehuman body and physiologic theories were obtainedsecretly, against the laws of the Catholic Church,through exhumation followed by anatomic dissectionof newly buried persons. From those times, theimportance of post-mortem study for the advance ofmedical knowledge was noted. In this context, thenineteenth century saw the heyday of the autopsy.Since then, autopsy has been responsible for theprogression of clinical medicine, medical education,epidemiology, and public health. From the 1950s upuntil 1990, 87 diseases were identified by autopsy.The discovery of severe acute respiratory syndrome(SARS) epidemic in 2003 and the avian flu epidemicin 2006 were through autopsy as well. Since ancient times the knowledge of thehuman body and physiologic theories were obtainedsecretly, against the laws of the Catholic Church,through exhumation followed by anatomic dissectionof newly buried persons. From those times, theimportance of post-mortem study for the advance ofmedical knowledge was noted. In this context, thenineteenth century saw the heyday of the autopsy.Since then, autopsy has been responsible for theprogression of clinical medicine, medical education,epidemiology, and public health. From the 1950s upuntil 1990, 87 diseases were identified by autopsy.The discovery of severe acute respiratory syndrome(SARS) epidemic in 2003 and the avian flu epidemicin 2006 were through autopsy as well.