Anatomy Rocks

The Mütter Museum had some images that I've seen before, when I took a class that discussed early anatomy texts, so I thought I'd talk a little bit about that. One of the first anatomy textbooks was De humani corporis fabrica (On the fabric of the human body) by Andreas Vesalius, published in the mid 1500s. Here are some cool images from it.

This next one is a famous one I like quite a lot. The words on the podium things say "Genius lives forever. All else is mortal"

And here is Mr. Vesalius himself.