Introduction The pituitary gland, also called the master was first described by a Belgian scientist Andreas Vesalius in 1543. Pituitary gland is engine of normal human physiology and its size volume changes normally during various physiological stages as well pathological processes, so it becomes imperative to have reference value for particular population differentiate gland. It tiny endocrine...

In this study, a cross-docking system is designed at strategic and tactical levels. For making the strategic decisions, a multi-objective nonlinear location allocation model for cross-docks is presented based on a distri-bution location allocation model by Andreas Klose and Andreas Drexl. The model is further developed to in-clude the whole supply chain members and the objective functions are w...

This short book is constructed around the first translation into English of a complete work of Vesalius, a fact which in itself distinguishes the volume. Drs, Saunders and O'Malley have drawn upon the earlier manuscript translation of Professor Charles Upson Clark. However, the authors have contributed much more than a clear rendition into English of the difficult Vesalian Latin. There is a sch...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com J Anesth Crit Care Open Access 2016, 4(4): 00152 an important public health spending. In the United States it is estimated that 20 million people have gallstones. An estimated 5.5 million of them have gallstones in the United Unido [1]. The first description of bile duct stones in humans was made by Alexander of Tralles (525-605 AD). However, it is ...

Illustrations constitute an essential element of learning anatomy in modern times. However it required a significant evolutionary process spread over centuries, for illustrations to achieve the present status in the subject of anatomy. This review article attempts to outline the evolutionary process by highlighting on the works of esteemed anatomists in a chronological manner. Available literat...

The corpus callosum (Latin: ‘tough body’) is the human brain’s largest white matter tract, and its largest commissure. The callosum was first named by Galen of Pergamum in ancient Rome, at the beginning of the first century AD, among a range of other central nervous system structures. Up until the 16th century, it was generally felt to be a supporting or ‘scaffolding’ structure only. In 1543, A...

Sex Determination and Differentiation in Vertebrates Umesh Rai and Brototi Roy Department of Zoology, University of Delhi Delhi-110007 The concept of sex determination and differentiation has been baffling mankind since time immemorial. While Aristotle hypothesized in 335 B.C. that sex was determined by the heat generated during conception, Andreas Vesalius in 1543 A.D illustrated that women we...

the years around 1700, while damning the persistent presence of theoretical inquiries-he calls them "philosophical meanderings" (p. 170)-concerning generation. Because early modem medical interest in monstrous births was largely motivated and structured by debates on generation, Wilson's intolerance of, and unfamiliarity with them renders this aspect of his book at best unrevealing. Yet he does...