Vesalian anatomical illustrations
نویسنده
چکیده
The Pharos/Spring 2007 The author is a member of the Class of 2009 at Duke University School of Medicine. This essay won honorable mention in the 2006 Alpha Omega Alpha Helen H. Glaser Student Essay competition. All images are reprinted courtesy of the Duke University Medical Center Library, Trent Collection, History of Medicine Collections, and were photographed by the author with permission.
منابع مشابه
A new view of the Vesalian landscape.
OF all medical books, the De humani corporisfabrica of Andreas Vesalius in its two folio editions of 1543 and 1555 has probably been the object of most study and attention. Even today when its difficult late Latin and the absence of a full English translation make it inaccessible to all but a small number of scholars, its woodcut illustrations are still familiar to any one with the slightest in...
متن کاملThe Illustrations from the Works of Andreas Vesalius
THE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE WORKS OF ANDREAS VESALIUS. With annotations and translations, a discussion of the plates and their background, authorship, and influence, and a biographical sketch of Vesalius by J. B. deC. M. Saunders and Charles D. O'Malley. Cleveland, World Publishing Company, 1950. 248 pp. $10.00. Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) was, more than any other man, the founder of modern ana...
متن کاملThree Vesalian Essays to Accompany the “Icones Anatomicae” of 1934
This well-bound volume, which carries a foreword by the Librarian of the Academy, Dr. Archibald Malloch, contains a brief piece by the Vesalian scholar, Samuel W. Lambert (which was intended as an introduction to the Icones Anatomicae* issued by the New York Academy of Medicine in 1934), a chapter by Mr. Wiegand on the Vesalian woodblocks, and, finally, a longer note by Mr. Ivins, formerly Cura...
متن کاملLawrence Herbert Wells and the history of anatomical illustration.
The pre-Vesalian history of anatomical illustration, including its ancient Greek and Roman periods, is surveyed. While dissection was abandoned in Alexandria under the Romans, it was revived in Italy during the Renaissance, and the invention of printing prompted the avalanche of documents which has cascaded ever since. The considerable contribution of the late Professor Lawrence H. Wells to the...
متن کاملEvolution of illustrations in anatomy: a study from the classical period in Europe to modern times.
Illustrations constitute an essential element of learning anatomy in modern times. However it required a significant evolutionary process spread over centuries, for illustrations to achieve the present status in the subject of anatomy. This review article attempts to outline the evolutionary process by highlighting on the works of esteemed anatomists in a chronological manner. Available literat...
متن کامل