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Vesalius Correcting Vesalius

Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) revolutionized the study of anatomy with his publication in 1543 of De humani corporis fabrica (On the Fabric of the Human Body). Once a keen student of the ancient Greek doctor Galen, within a few years, Vesalius came to reject many of the master’s teachings. In 1538, newly appointed to a chair at the university of Padua, Vesalius published the Institutiones anatomicae (Principles of Anatomy According to Galen), a reworking of an earlier book by his Paris teacher Johann Guenther. Almost immediately upon publication, Vesalius began preparations for a further revision of the text, annotating his own copy with comments and suggestions. These previously unstudied notes not only illustrate Vesalius’ character and working methods, they also throw new light on his intellectual development in the crucial years between 1538 and 1541. These notes will be compared with the later annotations made by Vesalius to his copy of the second edition (1555) of the Fabrica. Together they reveal much that is new about the great Renaissance anatomist and show that he was constantly thinking about how to understand and interpret the human body.











When: Tue., Mar. 31, 2015 at 6:00 pm
Where: The New York Academy of Medicine
1216 Fifth Ave.
212-822-7200
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Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) revolutionized the study of anatomy with his publication in 1543 of De humani corporis fabrica (On the Fabric of the Human Body). Once a keen student of the ancient Greek doctor Galen, within a few years, Vesalius came to reject many of the master’s teachings. In 1538, newly appointed to a chair at the university of Padua, Vesalius published the Institutiones anatomicae (Principles of Anatomy According to Galen), a reworking of an earlier book by his Paris teacher Johann Guenther. Almost immediately upon publication, Vesalius began preparations for a further revision of the text, annotating his own copy with comments and suggestions. These previously unstudied notes not only illustrate Vesalius’ character and working methods, they also throw new light on his intellectual development in the crucial years between 1538 and 1541. These notes will be compared with the later annotations made by Vesalius to his copy of the second edition (1555) of the Fabrica. Together they reveal much that is new about the great Renaissance anatomist and show that he was constantly thinking about how to understand and interpret the human body.

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