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years, between the ages of seventeen and thirty. It was there he 

 decided that, in order to understand the human body more fully, 

 it was necessary to delve deeper into its structures, to expose and 



Figure 5. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). From Garrison, F. H.: An 

 Introduction to the History of Medicine, Fourth edition. W. B. Saunders 

 Company, Philadelphia, 1929. By permission of W. B. Saunders Company. 



examine all parts down to the bones. Therefore, he went further 

 ito the anatomical secrets of man because his interests were more 

 lan artistic. With broad perspective, he made comparisons be- 

 ^een the human male and female and the feet of various ani- 



