aka Andreas Vesalio o Vesalius, Andries van Wesel, Vesalius, Andreas, 1514-1564
Founder of Modern Human Anatomy
Flemish anatomist and physician, founder of modern human anatomy. Wrote De humani corporis fabrica (1543), groundbreaking 7-volume work with 273 illustrations. Professor at Padua, Imperial physician to Charles V. Died shipwrecked on Zakynthos age 49.
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