Andreas Vesalius
1514 – 1564 Flemish anatomist, physician
The founder of modern anatomy, who corrected Galen from the dissection table.
- Religion
- Catholic, as standard; his work was empirical rather than doctrinal.
- Affiliations
- Physician to the Holy Roman Emperor. No secret society.
Vesalius performed his own dissections and published On the Fabric of the Human Body, richly illustrated and based on direct observation. He corrected many errors that had stood since Galen. His insistence on seeing for oneself helped launch modern medical science.
In the timeline
- 1543 Vesalius rebuilds human anatomy from the body itself mentioned