Hooper, Robert [Hrsg.]: The Anatomist's Vade-Mecum: Containing The Anatomy, Physiology, Morbid Appearances, &c. Of The Human Body ; The Art of making Anatomical Preparations, &c. To which are added Anatomical, Physiological, Medical, And Surgical Examinations For Students (London, 1811)

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Alexandria introduced learning among the Ara-
bians; but they made little progress in the know-
ledge of the human body. AiiooLLALim, how-
ever, towards the close of the twelfth century, ex-
posed many of Galen's errors in osteology, by fre-
quenting burial-grounds.

Among the early cultivators of the science of
anatomy in the fifteenth century.) the great Ve-
salius llourished, who may with propriety be styled
the restorer of Ax atomy ; being the first who
dared expose the errors of Galen, in medicine and
anatomy, by referring to the human body. This
wonderful man, whose perseverance and genius
cannot be sufficiently admired, was born at Brus-
sels, in 1514. After having gone through the usual
studies of the age, he went to Montpellier, to
study medicine. The principal professors in the
university of Paris requested him to come there,
where he attended their lectures. Vesalius's zeal
for medicine, particularly anatomy, induced him to
brave every danger to which he was exposed, by
clandestinely procuring bodies for dissection. He did
not, however, confine his attention to the human
subject only, but opened a great number of animals.
In the pursuit of Ills favourite science, his venera-
tion for Galen diminished in proportion as he de-
tected his inaccuracies • till at length he threw off