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Quote by Andreas Vesalius

“The more fashionable doctors in Italy, began to delegate to slaves the manual attentions they deemed necessary for their patients ... that the art of medicine went to ruin.”

Quote by Andreas Vesalius

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Andreas Vesalius
Andreas Vesalius

Andreas Vesalius, born on December 31, 1514, in Bruges, and died on October 15, 1564, in Venice, was a renowned physician and anatomist during the Renaissance. His work, 'On the Fabric of the Human Body,' had a profound impact on the development of medicine and anatomy. more

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