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VESALIUS
VESALIUS
Source: Copy from book: 'Het menselijk lichaam' by Dr. J.H. van den Berg.
Vesalius - one of the founders of modern anatomy - was the first one to discover the skin as a separate organ. As a layer covering the inner body. Before Vesalius it seems like people thought that the human body was one solid ‘lump’ of meat.
See GLOSSARY:
ANATOMY, ATTEMPT, BODY, BORDER, COLLECTING, DERMIS, EXPLORATION, FIGURE, GLOVE, HOLLOW, INTERIOR, LABORATORY, LIFE-SIZE, SKIN LINES, SURFACE, TOOL, HAND, VANITAS
See WORK:
III, XI
ANATOMY, ATTEMPT, BODY, BORDER, COLLECTING, DERMIS, EXPLORATION, FIGURE, GLOVE, HOLLOW, INTERIOR, LABORATORY, LIFE-SIZE, SKIN LINES, SURFACE, TOOL, HAND, VANITAS
See WORK:
III, XI