Vesalius's Renaissance anatomy lessons


	Vesalius's Renaissance anatomy lessons
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b3bee5dc-9c8f-4b1f-ad83-40b1232a91ec/071C318D-1BF0-45C8-A080-8DAC39E5BA14/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.bl.uk/learning/images/bodies/large1695.html" href="http://www.bl.uk/learning/images/bodies/large1695.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.bl.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bl.uk/learning/images/bodies/large1695.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.bl.uk/img/0EA63814-D0CF-485F-80DC-8562D38CB195" alt="Image of Muscle man" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.bl.uk/learning/artimages/bodies/vesalius/renaissance.html" href="http://www.bl.uk/learning/artimages/bodies/vesalius/renaissance.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.bl.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bl.uk/learning/artimages/bodies/vesalius/renaissance.html">Andreas Vesalius (1514-64) is one of the most important figures in the history of anatomy. He was the author of <I>De Humani Corpis Fabrica</I> (On the Fabric of the Human Body), a beautiful and revolutionary Renaissance study of human body</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bl.uk/learning/artimages/bodies/vesalius/renaissance.html">so fascinated by the human anatomy that he stole the body of an executed criminal from a scaffold</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bl.uk/learning/artimages/bodies/vesalius/renaissance.html">For 1000 years after Galan's death almost no original anatomical inquiries were performed, mainly because the Church was against the dissection</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bl.uk/learning/artimages/bodies/vesalius/renaissance.html">famous for its detailed and beautifully drafted illustrations</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.bl.uk/learning/images/bodies/large1696.html" href="http://www.bl.uk/learning/images/bodies/large1696.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.bl.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bl.uk/learning/images/bodies/large1696.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.bl.uk/img/1FE57024-BE05-4A25-886B-9FD9189430C7" alt="Image of Cadaver of executed criminal" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bl.uk/learning/images/bodies/large1696.html"><STRONG>The cadaver of an executed criminal</STRONG></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.bl.uk/learning/images/bodies/large1691.html" href="http://www.bl.uk/learning/images/bodies/large1691.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.bl.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bl.uk/learning/images/bodies/large1691.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.bl.uk/img/6AEB9D64-5F6A-4924-B3B7-DC67F15EF099" alt="Skeleton contemplates mortality" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bl.uk/learning/images/bodies/large1691.html"><STRONG>Skeleton contemplates mortality</STRONG></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.bl.uk/learning/images/bodies/large1697.html" href="http://www.bl.uk/learning/images/bodies/large1697.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.bl.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bl.uk/learning/images/bodies/large1697.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.bl.uk/img/5ABBB2B2-C032-4C66-8A81-CC74C9544547" alt="Back of muscle man" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bl.uk/learning/images/bodies/large1697.html"><STRONG>The back of Vesalius's muscle man</STRONG></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.bl.uk/learning/artimages/bodies/vesalius/renaissance.html" href="http://www.bl.uk/learning/artimages/bodies/vesalius/renaissance.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.bl.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bl.uk/learning/artimages/bodies/vesalius/renaissance.html">In the famous 'muscle men' pictures (one of which is pictured above), the skin and muscles appear to be gradually unwrapping themselves, falling away from the bodies in order to reveal the complicated system of muscles beneath</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; 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background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.bl.uk/learning/images/bodies/large1705.html" href="http://www.bl.uk/learning/images/bodies/large1705.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.bl.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bl.uk/learning/images/bodies/large1705.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.bl.uk/img/3D197297-8677-433A-99E6-4EDE22B58BE1" alt="Image of Frontispiece to de Humani Corporis Fabrica" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.bl.uk/learning/images/bodies/large1699.html" href="http://www.bl.uk/learning/images/bodies/large1699.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.bl.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bl.uk/learning/images/bodies/large1699.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.bl.uk/img/477F6228-69BA-4EC7-8DA5-04785FF20833" alt="Image of the inside of the brain" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bl.uk/learning/images/bodies/large1699.html"><STRONG>The inside of the brain</STRONG></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/071C318D-1BF0-45C8-A080-8DAC39E5BA14/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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