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VIII. Anatomy during the European Renaissance— A.D. 1350 



to 1650 68 



A. General Characteristics of the Period 68 



B. The Mind of the Renaissance 69 



C. Status of Human Dissection on the Continent. . 71 



1. The Church and Dissection during the 



Renaissance 74 



2. Role of Artists in Anatomical Renais- 



sance 74 



3. Universities of the Renaissance 79 



4. Anatomical illustrations during the 



Renaissance 88 



IX. Andreas Vesalius-A.D. 1514 to 1564 90 



A. Introduction 90 



B. Early Life . .• 91 



C. Vesalius in Paris 92 



D. Professor of Anatomy at the University of 



Padua 95 



E. The Fabrica 99 



F. VesaHus (1543-1564) 102 



G. Vesalius and his Personality 104 



X. Dissection on the Euroj^ean Continent and in Asiatic 

 Countries during the Modern Period— A.D. 1650 



to 1958 106 



A. France 106 



B. Germany 108 



C. Italy no 



D. Holland 110 



E. Austria . Ill 



F. China 1 lli 



G. Japan 113 



