2008/01/01 by Luis H. Toledo‐Pereyra · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Medicine · #Medical History and Innovations #History of Medicine Studies #History of Medical Practice #Annals #Medicine #Dissection (medical) #Human anatomy #Anatomy #Surgical procedures #Surgery #Classics #Art
paper · doi:10.1080/08941930802330830
openalex publication_date 2008/01/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/04/28
De Humani Corporis Fabrica (1543), by the Belgian anatomy master Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564), represents one of the most advanced surgical revolutions in history. The creation of an anatomy book that carefully and systematically introduced the structure of the human body in a way that was truthful to the findings of human dissection had never been accomplished before. No one challenged Galen's teachings as Vesalius did. De Humani Corporis Fabrica offered to the surgeon's world new knowledge and a systematic approach to human anatomy. The novel concepts and perspectives introduced by Vesalius constituted a real surgical revolution worthy of study in the annals of surgery.