Observational anatomical drawing of a human head with the top level removed.

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.

Observational anatomical drawing showing the blood vessels in a human.

Observational anatomical drawings of a human skeleton with labelling to accompany informative text, representing a new way of teaching anatomy.

Observational anatomical drawing of human hands.

Observational anatomical drawing of a skull.

Observational anatomical drawings of human skulls.

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.

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.