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Andreas Vesalius: A Brief Biography

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Andreas Vesalius was born in 31st of December, 1514 and lived until 15th of October 1564 (In Zakynthos). His parents were Isabel Crabbe and Anders Van Wesel. In 1544 he married a woman named Anne Van Hamme and at 1545 also named Anne. He wrote one of the most famous book in human history named “De Humani Corporis Fabrica” which taught many people about the basics of the human body and its tissues. He is often called the “founder of human anatomy”. Andreas Vesalius is the “Latinized form” of his real name, Andries Van Wesel. Although there had already been other anatomy books, Andreas’s was different. It was based on real dissection and had extraordinary drawings. Before the dissection of human bodies was legalized, it was outlawed for many
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