Andreas Vesalius, "De humani corporis fabrica," title page.
- VC185-i185014
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- 1543
Part of Medical History Illustrations
Caption accompanying the print reads: "In this splendid woodcut the great Belgian anatomist lectures as he dissects. The size and rapt attention of his audience are not exaggerated. Vesalius reformed the study of human anatomy by replacing dogmatic belief in the inaccurate teachings of the past with a magnificent account of his own careful observations."