Giovanni Manzolini school of anatomy. His wife also learned how to dissect cadavers, and learned anatomy and the art of wax modeling so she could help her husband. The husband and wife team became recognized by artists and anatomists throughout Europe. Anna Moranda was the one who gave the lectures and demonstrations at the school. Manzolini was appointed Professor of Anatomy at the University of Bologna. Giovanni Manzolini died in Bologna in 1755. Anna Morandi Manzolini had been helping her husband with lectures, and after his death was appointed Lecturer in Anatomy at the university, and in 1756 was appointed Professor of
Ancient Egyptian anatomical studies Egyptian nation were the first to make a written record of anatomical studies. Manetho is thought to have recorded the work of an early anatomist. In his work "History of Egypt" Manetho states the pharaoh Djer was an anatomist, although a source considers the likelihood of the pharaoh being an anatomist to be low. Djer is stated to have been the first to have made a written work on the study of anatomy, entitled "Practical Medicine and Anatomical Book", which is known of, but not extant, although this attribution may represent an honorific observance indicating the book was written within