Anatomical Correspondence'. Concerned with the supply of human bodies for dissection, training of surgeons and legal requirements.

Administrative / Biographical History
The Department of Anatomy in Dundee is one of the oldest in the University, having been conferred through an endowment by the Cox family in 1888. The twenty-six year old Andrew Paterson was appointed its first professor. In the 21st century, it was renamed the Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification
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Note
The Department of Anatomy in Dundee is one of the oldest in the University, having been conferred through an endowment by the Cox family in 1888. The twenty-six year old Andrew Paterson was appointed its first professor. In the 21st century, it was renamed the Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification
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Archivist's Note
Description compiled by Jennifer Johnstone, Archive Trainee, November 2007
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