HTST 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: De Humani Corporis Fabrica, Nicolaus Copernicus, Andreas Vesalius
14 Mar 2018
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Extra office hours friday and monday, 12-2, in ss 602: science, ancient science. Gave a boost for secular classical texts to be read and discussed by more people. Galen wrote long texts that discussed how the human body was put together (100s ce) Galen"s text was shelved , read by a few until someone got a hold of his book and got it published. Drew his conclusion of how the body works by opening up animals. Wrote about the understanding of the earth and the heavens; the earth being the centre of the universe. Movement of stars, mathematical movement of the stars: responding to the ancients. Translated galen and got galen"s work published. Explored dead bodies and wrote about it then published it. -de humani corporis fabrica (on the fabric of the human body), 1543. Skeptical about his work, afraid of the controversy so he didn"t publish it but he let some people see his work.
