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In the sixteenth century Andreas Vesalius published six anatomical tables called Tabulae
Sex, which were far superior in accuracy and artistic merit to any earlier anatomical
illustrations. Their publication marked the birth of modern anatomy as a science.
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Suggested Reading
- Andreae Vesalii Bruxellensis Icones Anatomicae. Library of the University of Munich and the New York Academy of Medicine, Munich1934
- History and bibliography of anatomic illustration (translated and annotated by Mortimer Frank). Hafner Publishing Company, Inc., New York1962 (reprint of revised edition)
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- Andreas Vesalius of Brussels. University of California Press., Berkeley1964
- The illustrations from the works of Andreas Vesalius of Brussels. The World Publishing Company, Cleveland1950
- Galen on anatomical procedures. Oxford University Press, London1956
- Ash worth: A short history of medicine. ed. 2. Oxford University Press, Oxford1962
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Received:
April 2,
1976
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© 1976 American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
