Tri-State medical journal and practitioner . bject, but of cadavera of the lower animals. For the time in which helived, Vesalius was remarkably free from errors. Although to him thearteries were carriers of vital spirits, the veins were the true blood vessels,and, according to the first edition of his great book, the septum of the heartwas filled with foramina; yet we must say, with Baas, these are all mereshadows necessary to the brilliancy of the picture. The city of Brussels,proud of her son, has erected a splendid statue to Vesalius. The title-page of the book of Vesalius is a grand pictu
Tri-State medical journal and practitioner . bject, but of cadavera of the lower animals. For the time in which helived, Vesalius was remarkably free from errors. Although to him thearteries were carriers of vital spirits, the veins were the true blood vessels,and, according to the first edition of his great book, the septum of the heartwas filled with foramina; yet we must say, with Baas, these are all mereshadows necessary to the brilliancy of the picture. The city of Brussels,proud of her son, has erected a splendid statue to Vesalius. The title-page of the book of Vesalius is a grand picture, showing theauthor engaged in making a public demonstration to a large audience. Theplace is an anatomical theater, in the center of which we see a femalecadaver, with abdomen opened, lying upon the table. The anatomist hasraised the index-finger of his left hand, while the right holds a at the head of the table is a human skeleton gazing upward, holding * Baas: Outlines of the History of Medicine, N. Y., 1889, pp. 423, Second Plate of the Muscles (secunda musculorum tabula), from De Humaui Corporis Fabrica, 1543- (Reduced one-half.) Historical Sketch. 229 a long staff in its right hand. Around are many persons of different the left, near a window, a naked man is climbing up a pillar, while tothe right and below we see a living dog brought into the arena. Above, inthe architecture, we see the monogram of the publisher, Oporinus; in thecenter are the three weasels of the Yesalius family, on a shield whoseborder bears three pommels; and below is an extravagantly-decorated shield,on which the privilegium is printed. This old engraving is one of themost spirited and elaborate to be found in the whole range of medicalliterature. The second edition, issued in 1555, contained 824 pages, and in somerespects was an improvement. At later dates editions appeared at Zurich,Lyons, Paris, Venice, Antwerp, Frankfort, Amsterdam and Leyden. TheLeyden edition, issue
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