William Smith Forbes was an American physician who served as demonstrator of anatomy at Jefferson Medical College. He is known as the "Father of the Anatomical Act" in Pennsylvania.
Portrait of William S. Forbes by Thomas Eakins
Anatomy is the branch of morphology concerned with the study of the internal and external structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural
One of the large, detailed illustrations in Andreas Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica 16th century, marking the rebirth of anatomy
A dissected body, lying prone on a table, by Charles Landseer
Hyaline cartilage at high magnification (H&E stain)
Gastric mucosa at low magnification (H&E stain)