Andreas Vesalius
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Andreas Vesalius was a Flemish anatomist and physician of the 16th century who revolutionized the study of human anatomy through detailed observation and illustration. His work challenged the accepted medical knowledge of his time and established anatomy as a science based on direct examination of the human body rather than ancient texts.
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- Born
- 1514
- Died
- 1564
- Works
- 94
Top works
- Andreae Vesalii Bruxellensis, scholae medicorum Patauinae Professoris, De humani corporis fabrica libri septem
- Anatomes totivs, aere inscvlpta delineatio
- Von des Menschen Cörpers Anatomey, ein kurtzer, aber vastnützer Asszug
- Abregé d'anatomie, accommode aux arts de peinture et de sculpture
- Abvbetri Rhazæ Maomethi, ob vsvm experientiamqve mvltiplicem, et ob certissimas ex demonstrationibus logicis indicationes, ad omnes præter naturam affectus, atq, etiam propter remediorum uberrimam materiam, summi medici opera exquisitiora, quibus nihil utilis ad actus practicos extat, omnia enim penitus quæ habet aut Hippocrates obscuriora, aut Galenus fusiora, fidelissime doctissimeq, exponit, & in lucem profert, per Gerardvm Toletanum medicum Cremonensem, Andream Vesalium Bruxellensem, Albanvm Torinum Vitoduranū, latinitate donata, ac iam primum quàm castigatissimè ad uetustum codicē summo studio collata & restaurata, sic ut à medicinæ candidatis intellegi possint, Qvibus nihil prorsus salutarius in miserorum mortalium usum, aduersus tot morborum species, conferi potuit
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Andries van Wezel (31 December 1514 – 15 October 1564), Latinized as Andreas Vesalius (/vɪˈseɪliəs/), was an anatomist and physician who wrote De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem (On the fabric of the human body in seven books), which is considered one of the most influential books on human anatomy and a major advance over the long-dominant work of Galen. Vesalius is often referred to as the founder of modern human anatomy. He was born in Brussels, which was then part of the Habsburg Netherlands. He was a professor at the University of Padua (1537–1542) and later became Imperial physician at the court of Emperor Charles V.
Early life and education