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- INTRODUCTION 1-16
- The Study of Medical History—The General Renaissance—The Anatomical Renaissance.
- ANATOMY IN ANCIENT TIMES 17-28
- Anatomy in Egypt and in Greece—Hippocrates and the Asclepiadae—Alcmaeon, Empedocles and Aristotle—Early Roman Medicine—The Alexandrian University—Herophilus and Erasistratus—Claudius Galenus—The School of Salernum—Frederick II.
- MONDINO, THE RESTORER OF ANATOMY 29-36
- Life of Mondino—He restores the Study of Practical Anatomy—His Book on Anatomy.
- MONDINO’S SUCCESSORS 37-51
- Gabriel de Zerbi—John Peyligk—Magnus Hundt—Laurentius Phryesen—Alexander Achillinus—Berengario da Carpi—John Dryander—Charles Estienne.
- VESALIUS’S EARLY LIFE 52-55
- Origin of the Vesalius Family—Early Life of the Anatomist—Vesalius enters the University of Louvain.
- SOJOURN IN PARIS 56-69
- Vesalius goes to Paris to study Medicine—Celebrated Parisian Physicians of the Sixteenth Century—Jacobus Sylvius—Joannes Guinterius—Jean Fernel—Philosophy of Pierre de la RameÉ—State of Anatomy at this Period.
- VESALIUS RETURNS TO LOUVAIN 70-72
- Vesalius returns to Louvain—He conducts a Course in Anatomy—Secures a Skeleton.
- PROFESSOR OF ANATOMY IN PADUA 73-80
- Vesalius goes to Venice, thence to Padua—Receives the Degree of Doctor of Medicine—He is appointed Professor of Anatomy—His method of Teaching—Lectures also in Bologna.
- FIRST CONTRIBUTION TO ANATOMY 81-83
- Vesalius issues a Series of Anatomical Plates under the title “Tabulae Anatomicae”—His Plates are extensively pirated.
- PUBLICATION OF THE FABRICA 84-94
- The Manuscript and Illustrations for the Fabrica are transported to Basel—Joannes Oporinus, the noted Printer and Greek Scholar—Publication of the Fabrica—Beauty of the Illustrations—Who was the unnamed Artist?—The Plates were erroneously ascribed to Titian—Christoforo Coriolano—Jan Stephan van Calcar—Popularity of the Illustrations among Artists and Anatomists.
- PUBLICATION OF THE EPITOME 95-97
- Publication of the Epitome—Reasons for its Publication—Character of the Work.
- CONTENTS OF THE FABRICA 99-113
- General Plan of the Book—A brief Review of its Contents—The First Book, on Osteology—Vesalius’s Contributions to the Anatomy of the Bones—The Second Book, on Ligaments and Muscles—Excellence of this Part of the “Fabrica”—The Third Book, on the Veins and Arteries—The Fourth Book, on the Nerves—The Fifth Book, on the Organs of Nutrition—The Sixth Book, on the Heart—Vesalius’s Idea of the Circulation—Quotation from his Book—The Seventh Book, on the Brain and the Organs of Sense—Conclusion.
- CONTEMPORARY ANATOMISTS 114-125
- The publication of the Fabrica is followed by great activity among Anatomists—Bartholomeus Eustachius—Realdus Columbus—Gabriel Fallopius—John Philip Ingrassias.
- COMMENTATORS AND PLAGIARISTS 126-129
- Plagiarism in Medicine—William Cowper and Bidloo’s Plates—Pirated editions of the “Tabulae Anatomicae”—Thomas Geminus’s editions of the “Fabrica”—The Microcosmographia of Helkiah Crooke—John Banister’s Book—Juan Valverde di Hamusco’s work on Anatomy—Best editions of the “Fabrica”.
- THE COURT PHYSICIAN 130-132
- Vesalius is appointed Archiatrus to Charles the Fifth—He follows the Emperor in his Journeys—Abdication of Charles—Vesalius is appointed Archiatrus to Philip the Second.
- PILGRIMAGE AND DEATH 133-136
- Vesalius leaves Madrid—He visits Venice, then goes to Cyprus, and passes on to Jerusalem—Reason for the Pilgrimage—Death of Vesalius.
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