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Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica

Type Object Region Europe Time 1543

Published in Basel in 1543, Vesalius's seven-volume De humani corporis fabrica revolutionized Western medical anatomy with fine copperplate illustrat…

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  1. 1543Basel · BaselVesalius completed the seven-volume work based on his anatomy teaching in Padua; it was published by Oporinus in Basel in large folio format, with fine anatomical illustrations drawn by Stefan van Calcar and others.
  2. c. 1544–1550Padua—European medical schools · GlobalIn the 1540s the Fabrica became the standard reference for anatomy teaching across Europe, promoting the replacement of the purely text-based Galenic tradition with direct observation, and laying the foundations of modern surgery and physiology.

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