The Human Body Book

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The text is not culturally insensitive, but I don't see examples that are inclusive of variety of races, ethnicities, gender identity (and genetics). A section on human evolution and/or inheritance/genetics could make the text more inclusive. Andries van Wezel (31 December 1514 – 15 October 1564), latinised as Andreas Vesalius ( / v ɪ ˈ s eɪ l i ə s/), [2] [a] was an anatomist and physician who wrote De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem ( On the fabric of the human body in seven books), what is considered to be one of the most influential books on human anatomy and a major advance over the long-dominant work of Galen. Vesalius is often referred to as the founder of modern human anatomy. He was born in Brussels, which was then part of the Habsburg Netherlands. He was a professor at the University of Padua (1537–1542) and later became Imperial physician at the court of Emperor Charles V. The topics that are covered can be uneven. For example, there are in-depth details given on the Scientific Method, on Myocardial Infarction, and in lengthy topic boxes on selected careers in health care, while many applications to contemporary research issues in Human Biology, normal heart innervation in physiological adaptation, and other career options that also draw upon Human Biology are not included.He believed that the brain and the nervous system are the center of the mind and emotion in contrast to the common Aristotelian belief that the heart was the center of the body. He correspondingly believed that nerves themselves do not originate from the heart, but from the brain—facts already experimentally proved by Herophilus and Erasistratus in the classical era, but suppressed after the adoption of Aristotelianism by the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages. a b Gumpert, Martin (1948). "Vesalius". Scientific American. 178 (5): 24–31. doi: 10.1038/scientificamerican0548-24. ISSN 0036-8733. JSTOR 24945814. Each chapter starts with an introduction, followed by short sections/units. Each section or subunit is divided into short subsections. Each section is followed by review questions and answers, a glossary of terms. Some sections have links to animations or videos.

O'Malley, C. Donald (1 January 1954). Andreas Vesalius' Pilgrimage. pp.138–144. {{ cite book}}: |magazine= ignored ( help) In 1564 Vesalius went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, some said, in penance after being accused of dissecting a living body. He sailed with the Venetian fleet under James Malatesta via Cyprus. When he reached Jerusalem he received a message from the Venetian senate requesting him again to accept the Paduan professorship, which had become vacant on the death of his friend and pupil Fallopius. In 1555, Vesalius became physician to Philip II, [11] and in the same year he published a revised edition of De humani corporis fabrica. Ars Anatomica collection at University of Edinburgh image service (includes Vesalius's De Humanis Corporis Fabrica)O'Malley, Charles Donald. Andreas Vesalius of Brussels, 1514–1564. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1964. pp.203, 314. He identified two chambers and two atria. The right atrium was considered a continuation of the inferior and superior venae cavae, and the left atrium was considered a continuation of the pulmonary vein.