Publications Anatomy
Vol. I: Book I: The Bones and Cartilages
Vol. II: Book II: The Bones and Ligaments
Vol. III: Book III: The Veins and Arteries; Book IV: The Nerves
Vol. IV: Book V, The Organs of Nutrition and Generation
Vol. V: Book VI, The Heart and Associated Organs; Book VII: The Brain
On the Fabric of the Human Body.
A translation of De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem.
Andreas Vesalius
Translated by William Frank Richardson, M.A., Ph.D.,
in collaboration with John Burd Carman, B. Med. Sc., M.B.Ch.B., D. Phil.
Vesalius’s De Humani Corporis Fabrica is one of the most famous books in the history of medicine.
- Vol. I: Book I: The Bones and Cartilages, the first of the seven books into which Vesalius’s encyclopedic work is divided, is the initial installment of a project to publish a complete English translation of the Fabrica. Learn more or Buy Now. This volume is also available as a special deluxe edition.
- Vol. II: Book II: The Bones and Ligaments has also been translated in its entirety. This section of the Fabrica, made up of sixty-two chapters, contains the series of dissected musclemen that remain the most famous anatomical illustrations of all time. Learn more or Buy Now. This volume is also available as a special deluxe edition.
- Vol. III: Book III: The Veins and Arteries; Book IV: The Nerves, contains a total of thirty-two chapters. Each book has a large, 18 x 12-inch, fold-out diagram detailing the veins and arteries and the nerves. Learn more or Buy Now. This volume is also available as a special deluxe edition.
- Vol. IV: Book V, The Organs of Nutrition and Generation, contains 19 chapters illustrated with 31 woodcuts reproduced at or near original size. The last chapter contains Vesalius’s instructions for performing an abdominal dissection. Learn more or Buy Now. This volume is also available as a special deluxe edition.
- Vol. V: Book VI, The Heart and Associated Organs; Book VII: The Brain contains fifteen chapters on the heart and respiratory organs and eighteen chapters on the brain and sense organs, plus a final chapter on vivisection. The volume concludes with a series of indexes which will greatly add to the usefulness of the translation, including Dr. Richardson’s translation of Vesalius’s original index to the Fabrica, and a set of cumulative indexes to all five volumes of On the Fabric of the Human Body. Learn more or Buy Now.This volume is also available as a special deluxe edition.
Vesalius’s On The Fabric Of The Human Body Poster — Out of Print
This fine poster, printed on archival-quality paper, shows the eight front views of the famous series of dissected muscle men contained in Vesalius’s Fabrica. Learn more »
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