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3 unusual facts about Andreas Vesalius


Romanticism in science

Examples of prominent Enlightenment scholars include: Sir Isaac Newton (physics and mathematics), René Descartes (philosophy), and Andreas Vesalius (anatomy).

Tabulae Anatomicae Sex

Tabulae Anatomicae Sex, inspired by the same-titled work by Andreas Vesalius, was an experimental dance film (1995) and the third collaboration of filmmaker Justin Stephenson and choreographer Gabreïl Spiegelschrift.

The Gersch

Their myspace profile states their music was "inspired by the poetic dialogue of "Conan The Barbarian" and the dissected human anatomy drawings of Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564)".


Hunterian Collection

They include key historical texts by authors including Hippocrates, Galen, Vesalius and William Harvey, as well as the writings of Hunter's contemporaries, such as William Smellie, Albinus and Albrecht von Haller.

Louis Linck

These are still on permanent display in their "Hall of Immortals", and include statues of Marie Curie, Andreas Vesalius, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, Ambroise Paré, Joseph Lister, and Hippocrates.

Renaissance in the Low Countries

Flemish anatomist Andreas Vesalius's life typically shows both the new possibilities and the troubles that came with them.


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