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INTRODUCTION 1-16
The Study of Medical History—The General Renaissance—The
Anatomical Renaissance.
ANATOMY IN ANCIENT TIMES 17-28
Anatomy in Egypt and in Greece—Hippocrates and the
Asclepiadae—Alcmaeon, Empedocles and Aristotle—Early Roman
Medicine—The Alexandrian University—Herophilus and
Erasistratus—Claudius Galenus—The School of
Salernum—Frederick II.
MONDINO, THE RESTORER OF ANATOMY 29-36
Life of Mondino—He restores the Study of Practical Anatomy—His
Book on Anatomy.
MONDINO’S SUCCESSORS 37-51
Gabriel de Zerbi—John Peyligk—Magnus Hundt—Laurentius
Phryesen—Alexander Achillinus—Berengario da Carpi—John
Dryander—Charles Estienne.
VESALIUS’S EARLY LIFE 52-55
Origin of the Vesalius Family—Early Life of the
Anatomist—Vesalius enters the University of Louvain.
SOJOURN IN PARIS 56-69
Vesalius goes to Paris to study Medicine—Celebrated Parisian
Physicians of the Sixteenth Century—Jacobus
Sylvius—Joannes Guinterius—Jean Fernel—Philosophy of
Pierre de la Rameé—State of Anatomy at this Period.
VESALIUS RETURNS TO LOUVAIN 70-72
Vesalius returns to Louvain—He conducts a Course in
Anatomy—Secures a Skeleton.
PROFESSOR OF ANATOMY IN PADUA 73-80
Vesalius goes to Venice, thence to Padua—Receives the Degree
of Doctor of Medicine—He is appointed Professor of
Anatomy—His method of Teaching—Lectures also in Bologna.
FIRST CONTRIBUTION TO ANATOMY 81-83
Vesalius issues a Series of Anatomical Plates under the title
“Tabulae Anatomicae”—His Plates are extensively pirated.
PUBLICATION OF THE FABRICA 84-94
The Manuscript and Illustrations for the Fabrica are
transported to Basel—Joannes Oporinus, the noted Printer
and Greek Scholar—Publication of the Fabrica—Beauty of the
Illustrations—Who was the unnamed Artist?—The Plates were
erroneously ascribed to Titian—Christoforo Coriolano—Jan
Stephan van Calcar—Popularity of the Illustrations among
Artists and Anatomists.
PUBLICATION OF THE EPITOME 95-97
Publication of the Epitome—Reasons for its
Publication—Character of the Work.
CONTENTS OF THE FABRICA 99-113
General Plan of the Book—A brief Review of its Contents—The
First Book, on Osteology—Vesalius’s Contributions to the
Anatomy of the Bones—The Second Book, on Ligaments and
Muscles—Excellence of this Part of the “Fabrica”—The Third
Book, on the Veins and Arteries—The Fourth Book, on the
Nerves—The Fifth Book, on the Organs of Nutrition—The
Sixth Book, on the Heart—Vesalius’s Idea of the
Circulation—Quotation from his Book—The Seventh Book, on
the Brain and the Organs of Sense—Conclusion.
CONTEMPORARY ANATOMISTS 114-125
The publication of the Fabrica is followed by great activity
among Anatomists—Bartholomeus Eustachius—Realdus
Columbus—Gabriel Fallopius—John Philip Ingrassias.
COMMENTATORS AND PLAGIARISTS 126-129
Plagiarism in Medicine—William Cowper and Bidloo’s
Plates—Pirated editions of the “Tabulae Anatomicae”—Thomas
Geminus’s editions of the “Fabrica”—The Microcosmographia
of Helkiah Crooke—John Banister’s Book—Juan Valverde di
Hamusco’s work on Anatomy—Best editions of the “Fabrica”.
THE COURT PHYSICIAN 130-132
Vesalius is appointed Archiatrus to Charles the Fifth—He
follows the Emperor in his Journeys—Abdication of
Charles—Vesalius is appointed Archiatrus to Philip the
Second.
PILGRIMAGE AND DEATH 133-136
Vesalius leaves Madrid—He visits Venice, then goes to Cyprus,
and passes on to Jerusalem—Reason for the Pilgrimage—Death
of Vesalius.
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