Structure of the human body

Japanese: 人体の構造 - じんたいのこうぞう

A book on the practical anatomy of the human body written by Vesalius. It was born out of the Renaissance trend of thought that sought to break away from the theological dogmatism of the Middle Ages and to look at nature and humans with new eyes. The full title is "De corporis humani fabrica libriseptem," or "Fabrica" for short. Published in 1543. This book, which Vesalius, a professor of anatomy and surgery at the University of Padua in Italy, wrote with the help of the painter JS Calcar (1499-1546 or 1550), unifies art and science and contains magnificent anatomical illustrations. It is a systematic anatomical book consisting of seven parts: (1) bones and joints, (2) muscles, (3) vascular system, (4) nerves, (5) abdominal organs, (6) heart and lungs, and (7) brain. It contains many findings that significantly correct the anatomy of Galen, which had been believed and considered orthodox until then.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ベサリウスが著した実証的人体解剖書。中世の神学的教条主義から脱して，自然と人間を新しい目でみつめようとするルネサンス期の思潮のもとで生まれた。全題名は《人体の構造に関する七つの本De corporis humani fabrica libriseptem》といい，略して《ファブリカFabrica》ともいわれる。1543年刊。イタリアのパドバ大学解剖学･外科学教授ベサリウスが，画家カルカールJ.S.Calcar(1499‐1546か50)の協力を得て芸術と科学を統一した見事な解剖図版を収めた本書は，(1)骨および関節，(2)筋肉，(3)血管系，(4)神経，(5)腹部諸器官，(6)心臓および肺，(7)脳の7部からなる系統解剖学書で，それまで信奉され正統とされてきたガレノス解剖学を大幅に訂正する所見が数多くみられる。

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