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  • PORTRAIT OF VESALIUS: This is the only known firsthand portrait of Vesalius.  Born in Brussels in 1514, he studied in Paris before going to the University of Padua, the most prestigious medical school in Europe, in 1537.  He was soon appointed...
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  • STRUCTURE OF THE SKELETON: STRUCTURE OF THE SKELETON: After a chapter explaining how to assemble a skeleton, and another telling how Vesalius stole a skeleton from a gibbet, comes the famous series of three skeletal men.  Posed in front of a barren...
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  • Translation of caption: "As this foramen is not very clear in the figures of this chapter I have here placed a sketch of the foramen on the right side […] This foramen on each side can be clearly seen in figure 8 of Chapter 6."
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  • Translation of caption: "Although Table III of the muscles shows these muscles at symbols C, D, E, we have here placed this special figure in which A marks the first muscle of the eyelid, b and C the beginning of this muscle, D the second muscle, e...
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  • Translation of caption: "Figure 4 of Chapter 12: Figure 4 shows the inside of the upper portion of the skull, sawed away from figure 3 at the place where we normally divide the skull in order to show the disposition of the brain."
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  • Translation of caption: "This figure shows the teeth of the upper and lower jaw on one side: the two sides are the same, so it is sufficient to depict the teeth (removed from the jaws) on one side only."
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  • Translation of caption: "The above table portrays the whole structure of bones in the back which lie under the lumbar vertebrae. Figure 1 on the right [left] depicts them from in front. Figure 2 on the left [right] shows them from the back and...
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  • Translation of caption: "Figure 6 of Chapter 6: This figure presents the inside of the base of the skull. We have here depicted a skull of which the upper part, to be portrayed in the following figure, has been removed by a saw in exactly the same...
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  • Translation of caption: "Figure 1 portrays part of the occipital bone in the base of the skull, separated from the other bones, and viewed externally. Figure 2 depicts the first cervical vertebra from in front and above. Figure 3 presents the rear...
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  • Translation of caption: Top figure: "Here we have depicted the unusual cartilage on either side that we have sometimes observed." Bottom figure: "This figure really belongs in Book II; but I have placed it here because it assists greatly the...
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  • Translation of caption: "Figure 4 of Chapter 6 depicts the skull lying somewhat over on its left side so as to show some of the base of the skull. We have sawed off the zygoma so as to show some of the sutures; which these are you will readily...
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  • In the decorative initial "C," we see men carrying a box filled with holes. The men are carrying the box to the river in order to wash away the lime and flesh left over from the maceration process.
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  • Translation of caption: "The preceding figure shows the ossicles of the organ of hearing. The largest figure in the illustration shows a portion cut away and removed from the right temporal bone and then split through the middle, revealing the two...
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  • Vesalius is comparing a type of joint, called ginglymus, to the hinge of a door. Translation of caption: "Here 'A' denotes the iron piece or bracket which is fixed to the wall, and 'B' the iron piece which is fixed to the door or window."
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  • Translation of caption: "The first figure of this chapter […] shows the lower jaw and its teeth viewed from the front. The second figure depicts the lower jaw and the lower row of teeth viewed from behind. There is a picture of the lower jaw viewed...
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  • Translation of caption: "Figure 8 of Chapter 6: […] in the present figure the sphenoid bone and the eighth bone of the head are depicted apart from the others, displaying that face which looks toward the inner surface of the skull where the brain...
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  • Translation of caption: "Figure 1 of Chapter 6 shows the two bones at the vertex standing slightly apart so as to reveal more clearly the extremely elaborate fabric of the suture. Figure 2 of Chapter 6 shows a portion of the skull sawed away from...
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  • Translation of caption: "The preceding figure shows the anterior portion of the skull, together with all the foramina in the eye socket and the upper jaw which are apparent on this surface. The canine skull underneath the human one has (like the...
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  • Translation of caption: Top figure: "This figure serves to show more clearly the foramina marked 'X' and 'Y'. It depicts the directions of the foramina on either side, arranged in the way that is revealed when bristles or lead wires are inserted...
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  • PRINTER'S MARK: Printers often used a device to identify their work. Vesalius chose the Swiss master printer, Joannes Oporinus of Basel, to print De Fabrica.  Oporinus's device shows Arion, a classical Greek musician who was saved by a dolphin...
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