andrea’s vesalius

• What are the specific years of Andreas Vesalius's life?


  1514-1564
• What is Andreas Vesalius most known for in the field of medicine?


  Proving Galen wrong and encouraging dissection
• What was the situation regarding medical knowledge before Vesalius's work?


  The church controlled knowledge and everyone believed Galen
• What were the key aspects of Vesalius's work in human anatomy?


  • Performed human dissections himself
  • First person to study human anatomy
• What was the short-term impact of Vesalius's work on medicine?


  It challenged the church's control and led to the prosecution of medicine
• What was the long-term impact of Vesalius's work on the church's power?

  It contributed to the church losing its power and created the foundation of medicine
• What limitation did Vesalius face in his work?


  The church's restrictions on dissection
• what was vesalius' book called

  fabric of the human body (italian)
• what was his book translated to after


  compendiosa