What is De humani corporis fabrica?
{{italictitle}} [[File:Vesalius Fabrica fronticepiece.jpg|thumb|fronticipiece ]] '''''De humani corporis fabrica''''' (On the fabric of the human body in seven books) is a collection of books about [[Anatomy|human anatomy]] written by [[Andreas Vesalius|Andreas Vesallius]]. It was published in 1543. The photoreproduction by Dover Books is used as a practical way to see the contents,<ref>Saunders, JB de CM and O'Malley, Charles D. 1973. ''The illustrations from the works of Andreas Vesalius of Brussels''. New York: Dover.</ref> although some central libraries have copies of the first edition. The book is extremely significant because for a long time dissections of the human body were based on [[Galen]], who had used the anatomy of dogs as his model! Dissections of the human body were for centuries forbidden or very restricted. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:16th-century books]] [[Category:Anatomy]] [[Category:Biology books]] [[Category:Surgery]] [[Category:1540s works]] {{lit-stub}}