Introduction to Anatomy, 1532 With English translation and an introductory essay on anatomical studies in Tudor England by C.D. O'Malley and K.F. Russell.

This work offers a vivid portrait of medical learning at the dawn of the Tudor age, when England was just beginning to feel the ripple of the Renaissance. It opens with a concise history of the period’s political backdrop before turning to the two main channels of healing—Oxford and Cambridge’s university faculties and the guilds of barbers‑surgeons—showing how each clung to medieval curricula and practices.

The authors trace how university doctors relied on centuries‑old texts, with little opportunity for hands‑on anatomical study, while the barber‑surgeons, despite their practical experience, lacked formal instruction in human structure. By weaving together translated excerpts from period manuscripts and scholarly commentary, the book reveals the slow, uneven steps toward a more scientific approach to anatomy that would only later take hold in England.