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The anatomist Andreas Vesalius at 500 years old

2015; Elsevier BV; Volume: 61; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jvs.2014.11.080

1097-6809

Justin Barr,

Medical History and Innovations

December 31, 2014 marked 500 years since the birth of Andreas Vesalius. Praised by contemporaries and lauded by generations since as the most important anatomist in western history, he fundamentally reshaped the discipline, made numerous anatomical discoveries, and most importantly, advanced the trajectory of modern medicine by rejecting textual dependence in favor of personal observation. This article, commemorating Andreas Vesalius and his accomplishments on the 500th anniversary of his birth, will first provide a brief biography of the man.