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The Fabric of the Human Body

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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
<p><strong>Left image</strong>: 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.</p>
<p><strong>Right image:</strong> 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.</p>
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