BRC0001

Title

Subject

Description

Although trained in the classical tradition of medicine based on the writings of Galen, Vesalius created an entirely new method of understanding human anatomy, based on dissection and direct observation, with the publication of De Humani Corporis Fabrica. The detaled textual descriptions and the visual representations were revolutionary when published. The Sellers Collection copy includes occasional marginal annotations in a contemporary hand.

Creator

Vesalius, Andreas, 1514–1564 author.

Source

BRC0001. Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564). De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. Basel: Joannes Oporinus, 1555.

Relation

MedHistory

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Latin

Type

Medical book with woodcut illustrations

Collection

Highlights from the Ruth and Lyle Sellers Medical Collection

Citation

Vesalius, Andreas, 1514–1564 author. , “BRC0001,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed December 8, 2025, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1790.