What does the future hold?

Authors

  • Fernando Peixoto Ferraz de Campos Divisão de Clínica Médica do Hospital Universitário da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo/SP. Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4322/acr.%25y.26080

Abstract

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

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Published

2012-03-30

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2012)

Section

Editorial

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How to Cite

Campos, F. P. F. de. (2012). What does the future hold?. Autopsy and Case Reports, 2(1), 3-5. https://doi.org/10.4322/acr.%y.26080