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=ANDREAS VESALIUS=

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My name is Andreas Vesalius. I was born in Brüssel on the 31 december 1514. I died on the 15 october 1564 on an island called Zakynthos. First I studied art but then I went over to medicine While I studied medicine in the university of Paris I got interested in Anatomy. But the war between the Roman Empire and France forced me to go back to Leuven in Belgium in 1536. There I finished my studies. After I lived in Venice I moved to the university of Padua to study for my doctorate which I received in 1537. My parents were Andries van Wesele and Isabel Crabbe. My father encouraged me to carry on the family tradition by studying Greek and Latin.

I made many important discoveries about the human body. In this way I corrected the studies of other famous anatomists of my time, for example some of Claudius Galenus' studies. One of my most important scientific findings was the muscular system and showing what the different muscles do. I also found out that the nerves don't come from the heart but from the brain. My book 'De Humani Corporis Fabrica' presented all my findings at once to the people. By dissecting a human heart I could say that Galenus' claims about the heart were false. But although I found out all this stuff about the human body, i couldn't improve my knowledge about the reproductive organs, due to having no pregnant cadavers. Overall I put grade effort into my work, that's why I changed the way people think about the human body now.

=De Humani Corporis Fabrica= (On the fabric of the human body)

My book shows examinations of organs and the complete structure of the human body. Making this book wouldn't be possible without the different advances made during the renaissance. It includes many of Galenus' errors corrected by me. I published the book when I was just 28 years old. The book soon gave me a household name. I was appointed as an physician to the Roman Emperor Charles V. I presented him the first published copy which had specially hand-painted illustrations.

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