Several students dissect cadavers as part of the course work in human anatomy. Initially, the dissection room was to be located in the attic of the Observatory, but in 1907 it was placed in the Laboratory at a cost of approximately $500.00 for the equipment, which is where this photograph was taken. In 1908, a room was "fitted up" in the attic of the laboratory for dissection, which allowed the space formerly used for dissection (above) to be used for additional work in biology in a laboratory totally devoted to work in organic analysis. The improvements in the attic cost $241.84. As the minutes of the Trustees noted: "Bucknell was the first Literary College in the country to teach Anatomy by the dissection of the human subject."

In 1915, the Biology Department offerred two courses in anatomy: Human Anatory 6a and 6b, in which "...the student [had] an opportunity to make a complete dissection of the entire human body" through work that was "largely independent." The material was "...received from the State Anatomical Board in Philadelphia."

"fitted up" BT '82-'20, p. 232 (1/10/1908)

"Bucknell was the first..."ib.

"...the student [had]..." CAT, p. 83

"...received from..." ib., p. 85

The major source for the information on this page is the Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Bucknell University, 1882-1920 (BT '82-'20). Additional sources ared the Bucknell University Bulletin (Fourteenth Series, January 1915, No. 4) Catalogue 1914-1915 (CAT '14-'15) and the Bucknell Uinversity Bulletin (Fifteenth Series, January1916, No. 4) Catalog 1915-1916 (CAT '15-'16).