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Vesalius, The Illustrations from his works (1950) - NC 1055 V575f
- Charles D. O'Malley Ref.
A. Vesalius - Charles D. O'Malley - Stack 611.092 V570
J. Oporinus [inserted] supporter + secretary to Paracelsus both Einsiedlen [end inserted] (the Latinized from of Herbst) 1507 - 1568.
-born in Basel, acted as a conector fro J. Froben,
medical study to Paracelsus, professor of Latin + Greek
in th euniversity 1539 41 Oporinus established himself
independently as a printer in Basel until 1566 when he retired
-buried in the cathedral of Basel
-Printed the 1st Latin ed of the Koran, a venture which
landed him in jail + required no less than the efforts of
M. Luther to gain his release.
The cumulative ecidence points to him certainly to the
fact that the illustrations of the Fabrica + Epitome emanated
from the atelier of Titian. Jon van Kalker, Domenico
Campagnola + doubtless other artists participated in the
work under the suspicion of the master, but some of the
plates are certainly the work of Vesalius himself.
2nd. folio ed. - The illustrations are superbly reproduced + show to
better advantage on the heavier paper. No where are the
illustrations better seen. Vesalius made many definite
improvements in the text. He added further observations
+ corrected others, but perhaps the most valuable addition
was the extension of the chapter on his physiological
experiments.
-After this book was prited, a physician no longer had to
be primarily a philosopher, able to discuss health +
disease in syllogistic form + with the help of classic
quotations.
-It supersedes Galen, whose works had been accepted as the
ultimate authority since Greek antiquity. A book of revolutionary
moment in anatomy + surgery in a format surpassed by no other
scientific + matise. The major feature in the revision of the
text is the 1st diagnosis + description of an eunism of the
abdominal + thoracic aorta.