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Andreas Vesalius: On the Fabric of the Human Body
URL: http://vesalius.northwestern.edu/

Description:
"This website presents Andreas Vesalius' Renaissance anatomical atlas ... in an exciting new way and explains the work in progress at Northwestern University to translate" this historical work from Latin into English. Includes a biography, images of the woodcut illustrations, essays, a glossary of surgical terms, and bibliography. Searchable.

Author:
Garrison, Daniel; Hast, Malcolm

Publisher:
Northwestern University

Extra Keywords
De Humani Corporis Fabrica, gross anatomy notableillustrators

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Human anatomy
People
Scientific illustrators
Vesalius, Andreas, 1514-1564

LII Database Information:
Record 2147 created by Sybil Finemel on 06/14/2003
Last modification on 10/01/2004
Published: 06/14/2003  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/2147