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De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem ( Latin, "On the Fabric of the Human Body in Seven Books") is a set of books on human anatomy written by Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564) and published in 1543. It was a major advance in the history of anatomy over the long-dominant work of Galen, and presented itself as such.
When Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564) first published his radical De humani corporis fabrica (On the Structure of the Human Body), the ancient texts of Aristotle and Galen were still judged authoritative in the medical schools of Europe.
An accomplishment of at least 4 years in the making, the Fabrica is a structural examination of the human body, complete with woodcut engravings of Vesalius’ dissections. Notable features of the work include 3 full skeletons in dramatic pose, and 14 frontal and dorsal views of the human body in successive states of dissection (often referred ...
Edited and translated by Dan Garrison and Malcolm H. Hast, this new translation makes Vesalius truly available in English for the first time. The two volume set includes the complete illustrations from both the 1543 and the 1555 editions, and tracks the textual changes from the first to the second.
Apr 9, 2014 · This year we commemorate the 500th anniversary of the birth of Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564) who is best known for changing how we do medical research with his groundbreaking book, De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem (Seven Chapters on the Structure of the Human Body), published in 1543 and generally known as De Fabrica.
The Fabric of the Human Bodytranslates both the 1543 and 1555 editions, with added notes regarding the 1546 Epistle on the China Root, the 1538 Tabulae sex, the 1539 Venesection Letter, and Vesalius’ notes for a never published third edition o.
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Oct 28, 2015 · In 1543, 29 year old Vesalius published De humani corporis fabrica with elaborate wood-cut illustrations of human dissections. But these bodies weren’t just lying still, as if on a mortuary slab. They were depicted in classical contrapposto.
