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Presented a systematic, extensively illustrated account of human anatomy tied to direct dissection and observation.
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This records the 1543 Fabrica as a work of anatomical investigation and communication; it does not imply that every observation was unprecedented or correct.
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- Wellcome Collection: De humani corporis fabrica libri septem (1543)
- University of Edinburgh: Ars Anatomica and Vesalius
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Andreas Vesalius
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Vesalius: a dissection-grounded atlas of human anatomy
Presented a systematic, extensively illustrated account of human anatomy tied to direct dissection and observation.
Scientific scope
This records the 1543 Fabrica as a work of anatomical investigation and communication; it does not imply that every observation was unprecedented or correct.
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This is a source-linked WRS catalogue note. A full explanatory guide and independent scientific reconstruction have not been completed for this entry. Read the identified original work for its complete narrative and arguments.
People and systems
Andreas Vesalius
The named authors contributed to this scoped work; individual effort shares and later applications are not assigned by the byline.