They were only challenged and improved upon when a new generation of Renaissance doctors were allowed to dissect human bodies. Andreas Vesalius, 1514 - 1564, was the author of influential anatomy ...

During the Renaissance a series of significant shifts ... Widely recognized as the father of modern anatomy, Flemish anatomist Andreas Vesalius published a progressive volume titled De Humani ...

Vesalius is best known for his book On the Fabric of the Human Body, published in 1543. This was an extremely detailed and accurate guide for doctors on how the human body worked. It contained ...