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.
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 …
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.
Frontispiece of The Works of that famous Surgeon Ambrose Pare.
Page 13. Table of the four humours.
Page 149. Image of veins of body.
Page 239. Image of a skeleton.
Page 241. Image of skeleton holding a hourglass.
Page 345. Image of 17th century surgical equipment.
Page 421. Image of 17th century surgical equipment.