TY - JOUR T1 - Leonardo da Vinci: anatomist JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 319 LP - 319 DO - 10.3399/bjgp12X649241 VL - 62 IS - 599 AU - Roger Jones Y1 - 2012/06/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/62/599/319.abstract N2 - The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, 4 May – 7 October 2012.Da Vinci's most penetrating anatomical studies began in 1506 with his dissection of a 100-year-old man, whose peaceful death he had just witnessed. His earlier dissections and drawings were of animals — oxen, horses, a bear, and birds — and many of his first human images were anatomically inaccurate representations of received wisdom about the structures, functions, and connections of the human body. He acquired his first human skull in 1489, and the works displayed in this impeccably curated and beautifully presented exhibition take us up to 1513, during which time he dissected around 30 corpses. His anatomist friend and … ER -