pernkopf anatomy

[grinningrice]

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Does anyone know if any dental schools use the pernkopf anatomy in part of their anatomy classes? Does anyone have any qualms about using the book as a student or a practitioner?

 

[Supernumerary]

I'm not sure what the pernkopf anatomy is or why anyone would be made uncomfortable by a textbook. Was it produced by slave labor? Does it document the vivisection of Chinese political prisoners? My mind is going wild here trying to think of what could be so controversial about a textbook.

 

[Supernumerary]

OK, I just looked it up. For those of you who don't know:

Apparently Pernkopf was the dean of the medical school in Vienna, Austria during the Nazi occupation. The atlas was published in the 1930's, but 60 yrs later it was suggested that Pernkopf may have used Holocaust victims as models for his drawings. Pernkopf was a prominent Nazi and some of the original paintings bear a swastika.

An investigation into those claims concluded that it was 99% certain that the book contained no such drawings as the starving Holocaust victims would have been poor models.

Never heard of this before, but I guess there's always Grant's and Netter's, right.

 

[grinningrice]

I'm not sure what the pernkopf anatomy is or why anyone would be made uncomfortable by a textbook. Was it produced by slave labor? Does it document the vivisection of Chinese political prisoners? My mind is going wild here trying to think of what could be so controversial about a textbook.

The Pernkopf anatomy book has been known by some as one of the best anatomy books ever made. However, there is strong evidence that it was made by Nazi's and that the bodies depicted were victems of the holocaust. Alot of the drawings were signed with swastikas and were edited out in later versions. Alot of people ask the question, "how can any good come out of such evil?"

 

[Supernumerary]

Thanks for teaching us something new, grinningrice. 🙂

BTW, most of the people who use their own pics as their avatars... well... they shouldn't. But you should definitely keep yours. 😍 don't tell my wife 😀

 

[Blackstars]

Thanks for teaching us something new, grinningrice. 🙂

BTW, most of the people who use their own pics as their avatars... well... they shouldn't. But you should definitely keep yours. 😍 don't tell my wife 😀

Man, you guys act like you've never seen a woman before.

 

[psiyung]

Man, you guys act like you've never seen a woman before.