A compendium of the anatomy of the human body: intended principally for the use of students (Volume 1).

  • Fyfe, Andrew, 1754-1824.
Date:
1810
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    pectful manner, influenced by the greatest esteem and gratitude for the assistance he had received from his venerable master. Vesalius, on the other hand, acted towards his pupil in the most gentle and honourable manner. As soon as the remarks of Fallopius on his work, had reached Spain, Vesalius prepared to answer them, and replied to him as a father would to a son. Fallopius, who has rendered his name dear to posterity by his extensive knowledge in anatomy, possessed sen- timents very different from Sylvius; he was not asham- ed of acknowledging his obligations to Vesalius, for the greater part of his information on anatomy : he admits that Vesalius has not shown sufficient respect to Galen, but confesses that his objections are generally correct. Notwithstanding all opposition, the reputation of Vesa- lins daily increased, and he established anatomy on so- lid and permanent principles, when the Emperor Charles the Fifth, by whom he had been already honoured, no- minated him his first physician, and kept him constant- ly at Court. He now gained the confidence of the nobi- lity, and frequently gave unequivocal marks of his pro- found knowledge in the practice of physic. But an un- expected event soon reduced this great man to distress. Upon the death of a Spanish gentleman, whom he had attended during lif«, Vesalius requested penniB f the relatives of the deceased to open the body. The mo- ment he exposed the. cavity of the thorax, he saw the heart palpitating. This unfortunate affair came to the ears of the gentleman's relations, who prosecuted Vesa- lius not only as a murderer, but accused him of ii before the Inquisition, which severe tribunal was about to punish him for the crime, when Philip the Second, of Spain, suggested the means of removing him from the decision of Ins judges, and caused him to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land; in consequence of which Vesalius resolved to make the tour of Palestine. He passed over to Cyprus with James MalateMe, a Vene- tian general, and thence to Jerusalem. Soon after the de-.th ot the celebrai ;s, which happened m the year 1564, the senate of Venice recalled Vc-saliu« to nil the chai.-; but on his royafe to Pa lua, shipwrecked on 'he ifiancl of Zante, *hens his great man, reduced to tic uAoest extremity, ]:erished tridk