Andreas Vesalius: References & Edit History
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Andreas Vesalius of Brussels, 1514–1564 (1964), is a complete biography of Vesalius, written by C.D. O’Malley, who had an unequaled knowledge of the life of Vesalius and of his cultural environment. Harvey W. Cushing, A Bio-Bibliography of Andreas Vesalius, 2nd ed. (1962), is still valuable. A study is Jonathan Sawday, The Body Emblazoned: Dissection and the Human Body in Renaissance Culture (1995). A contemporary perspective is Stephen N. Joffe, Andreas Vesalius: The Making, the Madman, and the Myth (2009).
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Anniversary information added. | May 28, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Andreas Vesalius. | Apr 27, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Nov 27, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center For Biotechnological Information - PubMed Central - Andreas Vesalius: Celebrating 500 years of dissecting nature. | Nov 14, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Scientists - Biography of Andreas Vesalius. | Jun 20, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: History Today - Andreas Vesalius born in Brussels. | May 13, 2021 | ||
| Changed “the M.D. degree” to “a doctoral degree in medicine.” | Jan 14, 2021 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Sep 13, 2019 | ||
| Changed title of the "Assessment" section to "Legacy." | Nov 15, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: University College Cork, Ireland - The Legacy of Andreas Vesalius. | Feb 24, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Galileo Project - Biography of Andreas Vesalius. | Feb 24, 2017 | ||
| Added images of Andreas Vesalius. | May 14, 2015 | ||
| To the bibliography, added Stephen N. Joffe, Andreas Vesalius: The Making, The Madman, and the Myth (2009). | May 14, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Red Gold - Biography of Andreas Vesalius. | May 23, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Science Museum - Brought to Life - Biography of Andreas Vesalius. | Jan 14, 2014 | ||
| Clarified that Vesalius was a native of Brabant, not Flanders. | May 29, 2009 | ||
| Edited to refer to Leuven by the Flemish spelling. | Dec 23, 2008 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | May 15, 2007 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Apr 25, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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