Vesalius

[vi-sey-lee-uhs, -seyl-yuhs]

noun

1. Andreas 1514–64, Flemish anatomist.

Vesalius

/ vɪˈseɪlɪəs /

noun

1. Andreas (anˈdreːas). 1514–64, Flemish anatomist, whose De Humani Corporis fabrica (1543) formed the basis of modern anatomical research and medicine

Vesalius

1. Flemish anatomist and surgeon who is considered the father of modern anatomy. His rigorous descriptions of the structure of the human body, based on his own personal dissections of cadavers, established a new level of clarity and accuracy in the study of human anatomy.

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Visitors can explore illustrations from some of the earliest modern anatomical texts by people such as Andreas Vesalius, a Belgian physician known as the father of human anatomy.

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In 1543, the word made an appearance alongside an odd illustration in an anatomical atlas by Andreas Vesalius, a Flemish physician sometimes called the “father of modern anatomy.”

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Paris was at the centre of the revival of Galenism, and as well as being taught the works of the master, Vesalius also learned his skill at dissection during his time there.

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In 1543 Andreas Vesalius published The Fabric of the Human Body, in which he identified scores of errors in Galen’s works.

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Even Vesalius realized that his images could be confusing, and devised an ingenious method to explain them.

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