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Andreas Vesalius

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Noun1.Andreas Vesalius - a Flemish surgeon who is considered the father of modern anatomy (1514-1564)


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Not until the Renaissance rekindled the spirit of scientific inquiry did new observations by Leonardo da Vinci, Andreas Vesalius, and others pave the way for William Harvey's model of circulation, which appeared in 1628.
The text also summarizes the "dynasty of the disc," from the work of Andreas Vesalius in 1543 to the present age of fiber optic surgery and molecular therapeutics.
I aim here to explore the implications of these events and this conjunction--it is, I will argue, no coincidence--for the period between the first recorded Italian autopsy in the 1280s and the work of Andreas Vesalius and his contemporaries in the mid-sixteenth century.
 
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