November 19, 2007

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De Humani Corporis Fabrica… by Andreas Vesalius.

Before De Fabrica, depictions of dissection had the anatomist presiding at some distance from the cadaver, while lower ranking barber-surgeons did the dirty work of dissecting.

Found in the Dream Anatomy Gallery.

(via mrgan)
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