Anatomical machines Anatomical machines The anatomical machines (Italian: "macchine anatomiche") are a couple of anatomical models reproducing the human circulatory system, exposed in the Cappella Sansevero in Naples. Realised in the second half of the 18th century, they are built on top of a couple of human skeletons, a male and a female. The reproduction of the vessel system was realised with metal wire, wax and silk, but because of its richness in details, for a long time it was believed that it was of natural origin instead. The models were commissioned by Raimondo di Sangro, prince of Sansevero, and realised by
John Cameron (anatomist) John Cameron (anatomist) Professor John Cameron FRSE (16 September 1873 – 27 November 1960) was a Scottish anatomist who moved to Nova Scotia to teach at Dalhousie University. He was a noted author on subjects deciphering human evolution through anatomical analysis including "The Skeleton of British Neolthic Man". see He was born in Laurencekirk in Kincardineshire on 16 September 1873, the son of Major David Cameron. He attended Montrose Academyand then went on to the University of Edinburgh to study medicine. He graduated with a MB ChB in 1898. From 1899 to 1905 he acted as a Demonstrator in Anatomy