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sixteenth century. He was the first 

 surgeon of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 

 and wrote, in 1548, the first English 

 work on anatomy. His book was en- 

 titled " The Englishman's Treasure; or 

 the True Anatomy of Man's Body." 



Vicq d'Azyr, Felix. — A French anatomist 

 and physiologist, born 1748; died 1794. 

 A thick bundle of nerve-fibres arising 

 from the more posterior of the two 

 median nuclei of the corpus mammillare 

 of the brain, and extending to the an- 

 terior tubercle of the thalamus, is 

 named the bundle of Vicq d'Azyr. He 

 was the ordinary physician of Marie 

 Antoinette and others. He rendered 

 valuable services in the study of the 

 brain and nerves. 



Vidius, Vidus; Latinized name of Guido 

 Guidi. — An Italian physician and anat- 



NOTE: — The anatomical drawing re- 

 produced on the following page is from 

 the "Anatomy" of Andreas Vesalius. 

 printed at Basel in 1542. It shows hi 

 idea of the blood-vessels. The arterie. 

 and veins end abruptly. The perioQ 

 named was three-quarters of a century 

 before Harvey demonstrated the circula- 

 tion of the blood, and one hundred and 

 nineteen years before Malpighi discov- 

 ered the capillaries. It will be observed 

 that the testicles are shown, while, 

 stranger still, the heart is absent! 



