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what lie would have, and had what lie would ; lie was called a 
lover of the right, and that he was, for he battled for the recogni¬ 
tion of his endeavors against the stupidness and condemnation of 
the world. Does the pioneer fear blame when by his assaults a few 
more rays of light enter the sanctity of superstition and ignor¬ 
ance ? Is there no recognition for him ? yet posterity forgets not 
to do him honor. Vesal produced an immense transformation 
by means of his activity as a teacher, and his wonderful ana¬ 
tomical diligence and by his wonderful “ de humani corpors fab- 
riea,” Basel, 1543, which leceived the active and obstinate oppo¬ 
sition of the church, and yet within a century passed through 
fifteen editions. 
Here we see tiro striking and enlivening examples , and that in 
a dark and gloomy period , how work , which is performed in truly 
scientific spirit and manner , cannot pass away , even though its 
contemporaries trample it under foot —Vesal’s work on “ Immor- 
tale Opus,” and Columbus’ u Voyage to an Unknown World.” 
After Vesaliu’s comes the work of Baco, of Verulam (1561-1626), 
“ Zootompe necessitas in uni versa prope modumhumana sapientia; ” 
his excellent philosophical education also exerted a most favorable 
influence upon the investigating methodic in medicine. Fabricus 
ab aqua pendente, born 1537, made the discovery of the value 
of the veins by man and animals at this period. 
Adrovaudi published the following works, “ de ornithologia,” 
1599 ; “ de quadrupedilius, ” 1616 ; “ del anatomia e dell’ infir- 
mita dell cavallo, ” 1598 ; “ anatomia dell cavallo infirmita e rim- 
edii, ” 1599, 1602,1618 ; and his scholar, Volcher Coiter, 1600 ; | 
die ersten guten lectiones atque icones ubcr all gemeine vergle- 
icheude pathologic, ” Nurnburg, 1573-75. About the same time 
the general knowledge was increased by a work entitled, “ Hip- 
posteologie,” Baris, 1599, from Jehon Herrard, and the work of 
Carso Bevini, senator of Bologna. Casper Asselli discovered the 
chylus vessels by vivisection upon ci dog , and Joham Fequet of 
Montpellier, rightly named the ductus thoracicus, which had been 
previously discovered, but looked upon as a vein. This discovery 
was also made upon a dog. William Harvey (1578-1658) de¬ 
monstrated in his work “ Exercitatio anatomica de motu cordis et 
