. Biology and its makers. Biology -- History. 34 BIOLOGY AND ITS MAKERS. it an artistic pose, as is shown in Fig. 6, but nevertheless the bones are well drawn. No plates of equal merit had ap- peared before these; in fact, they are the earliest generally known drawings in anatomy, al- though woodcuts representing anatomical figures were pub- lished as early as 1491 by John Ketham. Ketham's figures showed only externals and pre- parations for opening the body, but rude woodcuts representing internal anatomy and the hu- man skeleton had been pub- lished notably by Magnus Hundt, 1501; Phrysen, 15
. Biology and its makers. Biology -- History. 34 BIOLOGY AND ITS MAKERS. it an artistic pose, as is shown in Fig. 6, but nevertheless the bones are well drawn. No plates of equal merit had ap- peared before these; in fact, they are the earliest generally known drawings in anatomy, al- though woodcuts representing anatomical figures were pub- lished as early as 1491 by John Ketham. Ketham's figures showed only externals and pre- parations for opening the body, but rude woodcuts representing internal anatomy and the hu- man skeleton had been pub- lished notably by Magnus Hundt, 1501; Phrysen, 1518; and Berengarius, 1521 and 1523. Leonardo da Vinci and other artists had also executed anatomical drawings before the time of Vesalius. Previous to the publication of the complete work, Vesalius, in 1538, had published six tables of anatomy, and, in 1555, he brought out a new edition of the Fabrica, with slight additions, especially in reference to physi- ology, which will be adverted to in the chapter on Harvey. In the original edition of 1543 the illustrations are not col- lected in the form of plates, but. Fig. 7—Initial letters from are distributed through the text, Vesalius's Fabrica of 1543. the larger ones making full-page. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Locy, William A. (William Albert), 1857-1924. New York, H. Holt
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