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Vesalius and modern anatomy

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Vesalius the person:

Andreas Vesalius was born in Brussels in 1514, on the morning of December 31. His given name was André Wesele (Witing) Crabbe, and Andreas Vesalius was a name taken on after deciding to pursue medicine, at age 17. He came from a line of physicians and apothecaries, and his great-great-grandfather was a physician who had amassed a large collection of medical texts, in which Vesalius sated his early interest in medicine. After studying medicine at the University of Paris for his Bachelor’s, he received his title of doctor in medicine cum ultima diminutione from the University of Padua, where only days later he was appointed Professor of Surgery and Anatomy.

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Vesalius and modern anatomy

Vesalius the person:

Andreas Vesalius was born in Brussels in 1514, on the morning of December 31. His given name was André Wesele (Witing) Crabbe, and Andreas Vesalius was a name taken on after deciding to pursue medicine, at age 17. He came from a line of physicians and apothecaries, and his great-great-grandfather was a physician who had amassed a large collection of medical texts, in which Vesalius sated his early interest in medicine. After studying medicine at the University of Paris for his Bachelor’s, he received his title of doctor in medicine cum ultima diminutione from the University of Padua, where only days later he was appointed Professor of Surgery and Anatomy.

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Dr. Theodatus Garlick: originally a sculptor, he found a passion in creating prosthetic facial parts for patients deformed by injury, tumor, and being born truly hideous (or deformed). He later became a doctor in his own right and was a pioneer in bringing plastic surgeries beyond just function, and creating facial features that often looked better than the patient did before the loss of that part. Completely unrelated, but he was also one of the pair of men that became the first to artificially propagate trout, smelt, and other fish.

Dr. Theodatus Garlick: originally a sculptor, he found a passion in creating prosthetic facial parts for patients deformed by injury, tumor, and being born truly hideous (or deformed). He later became a doctor in his own right and was a pioneer in bringing plastic surgeries beyond just function, and creating facial features that often looked better than the patient did before the loss of that part.

Completely unrelated, but he was also one of the pair of men that became the first to artificially propagate trout, smelt, and other fish.