Medical Classics : Fabrica  

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Beard, John

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: British Medical Journal (keterangan: ada di Proquest) vol. 336 no. 7637 (Jan. 2008), page 221.

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: B16.K.2008.01 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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In the early 16th century anatomy became an increasingly important component of a doctor’s learning. The Renaissance brought with it an influx of newly translated Galenic texts (including large anatomical guides), and these helped to enhance this fashionable area of study. In addition there emerged an emphasis on physicians doing dissection themselves—seeing with their own eyes what parts of the body look like. The foremost exponent of this practical, hands-on approach was Andreas Vesalius. Born in Brussels in 1514, Vesalius was the son of an apothecary. He studied medicine at Paris, where he was educated in the teachings of Galen, before being appointed to a lectureship in surgery and anatomy at Padua. He was 23 years old. In 1540 Vesalius utilised Renaissance ideas surrounding anatomy to begin work on his definitive treatise. The result, in 1543, was De humani corporis fabrica (On the Workings of the Human Body, . . .

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