Andreas Vesalius, the concept of an artificial airway
2002; Elsevier BV; Volume: 56; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/s0300-9572(02)00346-5
ISSN1873-1570
AutoresFederico Vallejo-Manzur, Yolanda Perkins, Joseph Varón, Peter Baskett,
Tópico(s)History of Medicine Studies
ResumoAndreas Vesalius (Fig. 1) was born in Brussels on December 31, 1514 into a family with a great tradition in the field of medicine [1,2]. His great grandfather, paternal grandfather and his father were all court physicians. His father worked for Charles V and Margaret of Austria [3]. Vesalius was born Andreas van Wesel which later was converted into a Latin equivalent, according to the custom of that time, to Andreas Vesalius [4]. As Vesalius’ father was frequently away from home following the court of the emperor to different campaigns in Austria or Spain, his mother Isabel Crabbe became the greatest influence in his childhood. She encouraged him to read the extensive collection of ancient medical treatises [1,4,5]. Even as a child Vesalius had great fascination for anatomy. In the fields near his home he found dead animals on which he frequently did dissections [6].
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