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Andreas Vesalius
Andreas Vesalius
(31 December 1514 – 15 October 1564) was an
anatomist
,
physician
, and author of one of the most influential books on
human anatomy
,
De humani corporis fabrica
(
On the Fabric of the Human Body
). Vesalius is often referred to as the founder of modern
human anatomy
. He was born in
Brussels
, which though now part of
Belgium
, was then part of the
Habsburg Netherlands
. He was professor at the
University of Padua
and later became Imperial physician at the court of
Emperor Charles V
.
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