Among those conducting research into the human body were artists themselves ... Flemish anatomist Andreas Vesalius published a progressive volume titled De Humani Corporis Fabrica in 1543.

Vesalius is best known for his book On the Fabric of the Human Body, published in 1543. This was an extremely detailed and accurate guide for doctors on how the human body worked. It contained ...

In 1537, aged just 22, Vesalius became professor of medicine at the University of Padua. He insisted that his medical students should perform dissections to find out how the human body worked.

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