Anna Morandi Manzolini in 1755 in the scientific knowledge of human anatomy as well as the accurate demonstration of anatomy in wax sculpture. During her famed household lectures on anatomy given before medical practitioners and grand tourists alike, she imparted expert knowledge of empirical anatomy derived from the dissection of, by her own account, of more than 1,000 cadavers, as well as of anatomical discoveries the couple and she alone made. She clearly demonstrated, both theoretically and practically, the wonderful structure of the human body. She also crafted two portrait busts in wax, both of which are currently on display at the Palazzo
William Clark (anatomist) William Clark (anatomist) William Clark (5 April 1788 – 15 September 1869) was a British anatomist. Clark was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, a son of John Clark (died 1805). After attending a school at Welton, East Riding of Yorkshire, he matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1804, graduating B.A. in 1808. He studied medicine in London, graduating M.D. in 1827. Clark served as Professor of Anatomy, University of Cambridge, from 1817 to 1866, during which time he was responsible for acquisition of an extensive museum of comparative anatomy and laid the foundations for the School of Biological Sciences at