Andreas Vesualius Case Study

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I’m sorry to interrupt you on such short notice but this is rather urgent. My client Andreas Vesalius meant no harm when he publicized his discovery. He was simply trying to make a point. His discovery about anatomy was quite amazing. Disecting a dead human is different than a dead cow, i understand that. He disected the body so we would know more about the human body. One thing he saw was the heart and aorta as Galen had described them – those of apes rather than humans. He also saw inside the skeleton it presented a single-boned human jaw rather than the two bones Galen had incorrectly insisted upon. Therefore my client Andreas Vesalius should be set free.

My client Andreas discovered human anatomy. He showed the liver as a five lobed flower-like

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