Article ID: CBB455009658

Animals, Pictures, and Skeletons: Andreas Vesalius's Reinvention of the Public Anatomy Lesson (2016)

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In this paper, I examine the procedures used by Andreas Vesalius for conducting public dissections in the early sixteenth century. I point out that in order to overcome the limitations of public anatomical demonstration noted by his predecessors, Vesalius employed several innovative strategies, including the use of animals as dissection subjects, the preparation and display of articulated skeletons, and the use of printed and hand-drawn illustrations. I suggest that the examination of these three strategies for resolving the challenges of public anatomical demonstration helps us to reinterpret Vesalius's contributions to sixteenth-century anatomy.

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Authors & Contributors
Nutton, Vivian
Vons, Jacqueline
Joffe, Stephen N.
Somos, Mark
Maurette, Pablo
Zampieri, Fabio
Concepts
Anatomy
Medicine
Scientific illustration
Human anatomy
Dissection
Visual representation; visual communication
Time Periods
16th century
Renaissance
Early modern
17th century
18th century
15th century
Places
Italy
Europe
Netherlands
Belgium
Institutions
University of Padua
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