Andreas Vesalius: Anatomy and the World of Books

by Sachiko Kusukawa

A revisionist biography of Andreas Vesalius--the father of modern anatomy--as deeply shaped by Renaissance culture.

In 1543 the young and ambitious physician Andreas Vesalius published one of the most famous books in the history of medicine, On the Fabric of the Human Body. While we often think of dissection as destroying the body, Vesalius believed that it helped him understand how to construct the human body. In this book,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789148529
• ISBN13: 9781789148527
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.7"