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p. 59 (I:1x,x11) "This figure represents the anterior aspect of the
skull, in which the bones of the upper jaw are shown as
accurately as possible. We have placed the skull of a dog
beneath that of man so that nayone may understand Galen's
description of the bones of the upper jaw without the slighteset
difficulty. In addition, it was necessary to rest the human skull
[inserted] pages 47+48 in 1st ed. [end inserted] on its occiput + to set its anterior portion on the dog's so that
the orbits to the sutures + bones appearing in them may be
more clearly seen..."
This arresting illustration was of extraordinary symbolic
signifigence to Vesalius who employed it twice as a chapter
heading. Apart from the obvious demonstration of the
boundaries of the facial bones, the primary purpose of
the illustration was to reveal that Galen had describet
the premaxillary bone + suture of the dog as though
present in man + thus could not have been familiar to
human anatomy. His discovery from which he made
the correct deduction was one of the major factors
leading to the overthrow of Galenical anatomy.
p.60 (I:V2,X11) bottom figure - The formen of Vesalius is now seen on
the left of the illustratio, just lateral to teh ant. clenoid
process + ant. to the foramen spinesum marked by the
letter Q
1st ed (1543) dates, + praecipue
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De Ossium Capitis et Maxillae
-Capital X11
height Q vando quidid
12 lines
Prima x11 Capitis Figura
Skull
Praesens
4 lines
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