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378
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Vigesimaseptima Quinti Libri Figura.
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Twenty Seventh Figure of the Fifth Book
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Twenty Seventh Figure of the Fifth Book
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Vesalius, Andreas (b.1514, d.1564)
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Oporinus, Johannes (b.1507, d.1568)
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Calcar, Jan Stefan van (b.1499, d.1546-1560)
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Calcar, Jan Stefan van
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b.1499, d.1546-1560
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1543
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This famous - or infamous - illustration has been said to resemble the male genitalia. This is nonsense, credible only by those who have no anatomical knowledge. In fact, it is, as Vesalius says, a dissection in which the whole female genitalia except the ovaries have been removed from the body as a cylindrical core, then the uterus opened and the bladder cut off from the front of the vagina. At the bottom are the undissected labia and pubes still bearing their hair. The dissection is certainly unusual. The specimen was obtained by robbing the recent grave of a monk's mistress - female bodies for dissection were not abundant - and the cylindrical specimen was hastily cut out and removed and the body dismembered to prevent its recognition by outraged relatives.
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This famous - or infamous - illustration has been said to resemble the male genitalia. This is nonsense, credible only by those who have no anatomical knowledge. In fact, it is, as Vesalius says, a dissection in which the whole female genitalia except the ovaries have been removed from the body as a cylindrical core, then the uterus opened and the bladder cut off from the front of the vagina. At the bottom are the undissected labia and pubes still bearing their hair. The dissection is certainly unusual. The specimen was obtained by robbing the recent grave of a monk's mistress - female bodies for dissection were not abundant - and the cylindrical specimen was hastily cut out and removed and the body dismembered to prevent its recognition by outraged relatives.
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42.5 x 28.5cm (1' 4 3/4" x 11 1/4")
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Anatomy
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Human Body
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Reproduction
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Bird 2339; Cushing VI.A.-I,
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Related Work Title:
De humani corporis fabrica libri septem
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De humani corporis fabrica libri septem
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page 481
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Vesalius, Andreas
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Rights Statement:
Image © 2005 Edinburgh University Library
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Image © 2005 Edinburgh University Library
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Vigesimaseptima Quinti Libri Figura.
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© Edinburgh University Library
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