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Also Known As Andries van Wesel
Born December 1514 • Brussels • Belgium
Died June 1564 (aged 49) • Zacynthus • Greece
Notable Works “De humani corporis fabrica libri septem”
Subjects Of Study dissection • human body

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Andreas Vesalius
Vesalius, Andreas
Vesalius, Andreas; anatomy
Woodcut illustration of Andreas Vesalius examining a dissected human arm, showing exposed muscles and tendons, from De Humani Corporis Fabrica, 1543.
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Lyonnet, detail of an oil painting by Hendrik van Limborch, 1742; in a private collection
Pierre Lyonnet
Dutch naturalist and engraver
Galen of Pergamum
Galen
Greek physician
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Mondino De’ Luzzi
Italian physician
James Watson, c. 1990
James Watson
American geneticist and biophysicist
Cheselden, William
William Cheselden
British surgeon and teacher
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Herophilus
Alexandrian physician
Caspar Bartholin, detail of a lithograph by Baerentzen after a contemporary portrait by an unknown artist, 1615
Caspar Berthelsen Bartholin
Danish physician and theologian
Self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci drawn in red chalk, showing an elderly man with long hair and a flowing beard, with a serious, contemplative expression.
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian artist, engineer, and scientist
William Harvey
William Harvey
English physician
Marcello Malpighi
Marcello Malpighi
Italian scientist
William Osler
Sir William Osler, Baronet
Canadian physician
Georgius Agricola.
Georgius Agricola
German scholar and scientist
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René Laënnec
French physician
Alfred Sherwood Romer, 1965
Alfred Sherwood Romer
American biologist
Conrad Gesner.
Conrad Gesner
Swiss physician and naturalist
Robert J. Lefkowitz.
Robert J. Lefkowitz
American physician and biologist
Ralph M. Steinman.
Ralph M. Steinman
Canadian immunologist and cell biologist
Ōmura Satoshi
Ōmura Satoshi
Japanese microbiologist
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush
United States statesman and physician
Ohsumi, Yoshinori
Yoshinori Ohsumi
Japanese biologist

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