Human Anatomy Year of Discovery: 1543
What Is It? The first scientific, accurate guide to human anatomy.
Who Discovered It? Andreas Vesalius
The human anatomy references used by doctors through the year A.D. 1500 were actually based mostly on animal studies, more myth and error than truth. Andreas Vesalius was the first to insist on dissections, on exact physiological experiment and direct observation - scientific methods - to create his anatomy guides. His were the first reliable, accurate books on the structure and workings of the human body. Versalius’s work demolished the long-held reliance on the 1,500-year-old anatomical work by the early Greek, Galen, and marked a permanent turning point for medicine. For the first time, actual anatomical fact replaced conjecture as the basis for medical profession.
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