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The Fabric of the Human Body
The title page of the 2nd edition of Vesalius' 'Fabric of the Human Body', 1555. The image shows Vesalius performing a dissection with people watching.
- Date created - 1555
- Author - Vesalius, Andreas
The Fabric of the Human Body
Left image: Observational anatomical drawing of a human. Due to it's detailed accurate labelled drawings and accompanying text Vesalius' 'Fabric of the Human Body' was a turning point in the history of medicine.
Right image: Observational anatomical drawing of a human showing the skin removed and muscles below. Vesalius labelled all the detailed drawings and related it to text to help with learning anatomy of the human body. Vesalius had consecutive drawings completed to show each layer down to the skeleton.
- Date created - 1555
- Author - Vesalius, Andreas
The Fabric of the Human Body
Observational anatomical drawing of a human showing the removal of skin and muscles to show the human skeleton. Vesalius' 'Fabric of the Human Body' was a turning point in medicine for the detailed drawings and descriptions it offered of human anatomy.
- Date created - 1555
- Author - Vesalius, Andreas
The Fabric of the Human Body
Observational anatomical drawing showing the layers of the trunk of the human body. With its detailed accurate labelled drawings and accompanying text, Vesalius' 'Fabric of the Human Body' was a turning point in the history of medicine.
- Date created - 1555
- Author - Vesalius, Andreas
The Fabric of the Human Body
Observational anatomical drawings of a human showing the skin removed and muscles below. Veslius labelled all the detailed drawings and related it to text to help with learning anatomy of the human body. Vesalius had consecutive drawings completed to show each layer down to the skeleton.
- Date created - 1555
- Author - Vesalius, Andreas
The Fabric of the Human Body
Observational anatomical drawings of a human showing top level of muscles. Vesalius' 'Fabric of the Human Body', 1543 included drawings which start with a complete image of the human body and works down showing muscles, veins and eventually bones.
- Date created - 1555
- Author - Vesalius, Andreas
The Fabric of the Human Body
Observational anatomical drawings of human skulls.
- Date created - 1555
- Author - Vesalius, Andreas
The Fabric of the Human Body
Observational anatomical drawing of a skull.
- Date created - 1555
- Author - Vesalius, Andreas
The Fabric of the Human Body
Observational anatomical drawing of human hands.
- Date created - 1555
- Author - Vesalius, Andreas
The Fabric of the Human Body
Observational anatomical drawings of a human skeleton with labelling to accompany informative text, representing a new way of teaching anatomy.
- Date created - 1555
- Author - Vesalius, Andreas
The Fabric of the Human Body
Observational anatomical drawing showing the blood vessels in a human.
- Date created - 1555
- Author - Vesalius, Andreas
The Fabric of the Human Body
Observational anatomical drawing of a human showing the removal of skin and muscles. Each part is labelled to go with accompanying text to help in the teaching of anatomy.
- Date created - 1555
- Author - Vesalius, Andreas
The Fabric of the Human Body
Observational anatomical drawing of a human head with the top level removed.
- Date created - 1555
- Author - Vesalius, Andreas