TY  - JOUR
T1  - Andreas vesalius: The making, the madman, and the myth
AU  - Organ JM
Y1  - 2010/07/14
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2010.947
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 214
EP  - 220
VL  - 304
IS  - 2
N2  - 
Prior to 1543, much of the understanding of the anatomy of the human body was based on work by the ancient Roman scientist and philosopher Galen of Pergamum. Galen's Institutiones Anatomicae, the first major treatise on anatomical form, was the gold standard for medical and anatomical education. However, Galen's work on human anatomy was primarily rooted in dissections of nonhuman primates—dissection of human remains was illegal—with human anatomy extrapolated from the anatomy of close relatives. 

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2010.947
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2010.947
ER  -