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Andreas Vesalius

Flemish anatomist, physician and author (1514–1564)

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Medicine
Anatomy
Surgery

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  • Paraphrasis, in nonum librum Rhazae medici Arabis clariss. ad Regem Almansorem, de singularu[m] corporis partium affectuum curatione, / autore Andrea Wesalio Bruxellensi Medicin[a]e candidato.
  • Eleven decorated initials from the Basel 1555 edition of Andreas Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica. Woodcuts, 1555.
  • De humani corporis fabrica libri septem / [Andreas Vesalius].
  • A human skeleton, seen from the front and leaning on a spade, surrounded by illustrations of individual bones. Engraving, 1686.
  • Epistola, rationem modumque propinandi radicis Chynae decocti, quo nuper invictissimus Carolus V. Imperator usus est, pertractans: et praeter alia quaedam, epistolae cujusdam ad Jacobum Sylvium sententiam recensens, veritatis ac potissimum humanae fabricae studiosis perutilem / [Andreas Vesalius].
  • An écorché figure with left arm raised, seen from the left side. Line engraving by J. Tinney, after A. Vesalius, 1743.
  • De humani corporis fabrica libri septem / [Andreas Vesalius].
  • Epistola, docens venam axillarem dextri cubiti in dolore laterali secandam: et melancholicum succum ex venae portae ramis ad sedem pertinentibus, purgari / [Andreas Vesalius].
  • A skeleton leaning on an inscribed tombstone, resting his right hand on a skull. Line engraving by J. Tinney, 1743, after A. Vesalius, 1543.
  • Muscleman, in a landscape, seen from behind. Photolithograph, 1940, after a woodcut, 1543.
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Images featuring Andreas Vesalius

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  • A skeleton seen from the front, resting the bones of the right forearm on a spade and holding a skull aloft in its left hand. On the left is an illustration of the sacrum and on the right, a skull in profile, with further bones to be seen at the skeleton's feet. Photograph of a woodcut, c. 1590.
  • Andreas Vesalius. Line engraving, 1600.
  • Andreas Vesalius. Woodcut after J. S. van Calcar (?).
  • Andreas Vesalius. Line engraving by P. Galle, 1572, after J. S. van Calcar (?).
  • Andreas Vesalius. Etching by E. Bocourt after J. S. van Calcar.
  • Andreas Vesalius. Line engraving by P. Galle, 1572, after J. S. van Calcar (?).
  • Andreas Vesalius. Line engraving by W.J.J. Des Hauvents.
  • Andreas Vesalius. Line engraving by L. Gaultier.
  • Andreas Vesalius. Lithograph by E. Milster after E. J. C. Hamman, 1849.
  • An anatomy theatre with statues of the anatomists Vesalius and Spigelius; a corpse on a table in the background. Engraving, 1672.
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Wellcome Library
John Tinney
Juan Valverde de Amusco
Pieter Huys
Anatomy
Human anatomy
History, 16th Century
Human skeleton
Muscles
Blood Circulation
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