16th Century

In 1546, Henry VIII established the position of Regius Professor of Physic at Oxford, a role that remains to this day as the Regius Professor of Medicine.

Portrait of Henry VIII

_{Henry VIII © BBC History}

New Statutes were drawn up at the University of Oxford in 1549, requiring for the first time that medical students had to see and perform dissections upon the human body; thus marking a new era of anatomical teaching at Oxford.

16th century engraving of a dissection titled

_{16th century dissection © Wellcome Trust}

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