Every time you plan an incision, you make a decision. Buthow many surgeons understand the structural logic behind that decision?

In this episode, Dev explores Langer's lines, the collagenorientation maps first described by Viennese anatomist Karl Langer in 1861 using a circular awl and a set of cadavers. The history of how he discovered them, the century-long controversy they provoked, and what surgeons shouldactually be using in theatre today.

The Anatomy Purist is for surgeons, trainees, and students whose love for anatomy goes far beyond the knife.

⁠AnatomyM8⁠- surgically applied anatomy, made simple.