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
Richard Saunders (anatomist) Saunders. Richard Saunders (anatomist) Prof Richard Lorraine de Chasteney Holbourne Saunders FRSE FRMS (1908–1995) was a 20th century South African anatomist. He received international acclaim for his x-ray and electron microscopy investigations of neurological conditions. He was born in Grahamstown in South Africa the son of Col Frederick Anastasius Saunders (an army surgeon) and his wife, Lucy Anderson Meiklejohn. Richard studied Medicine at Rhodes University then Edinburgh University graduating MB ChB in 1932 and gaining his doctorate (MD) in 1940 with a dissertationon spina bifida. He lectured in Anatomy at Edinburgh University 1933 to 1937. In 1937 he emigrated to