• J Invest Surg · Sep 2008

    Biography Historical Article

    De Humani Corporis Fabrica surgical revolution.

    • Luis H Toledo-Pereyra.
    • Michigan State University/Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA.
    • J Invest Surg. 2008 Sep 1; 21 (5): 232-6.

    AbstractDe Humani Corporis Fabrica (1543), by the Belgian anatomy master Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564), represents one of the most advanced surgical revolutions in history. The creation of an anatomy book that carefully and systematically introduced the structure of the human body in a way that was truthful to the findings of human dissection had never been accomplished before. No one challenged Galen's teachings as Vesalius did. De Humani Corporis Fabrica offered to the surgeon's world new knowledge and a systematic approach to human anatomy. The novel concepts and perspectives introduced by Vesalius constituted a real surgical revolution worthy of study in the annals of surgery.

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