De humani corporis fabrica libri septem
[On the fabric of the human body in seven books]

Andreas Vesalius

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First published in 1543.

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Table of Contents

Title Page

Preface

Liber:

  1. The things that sustain and support the entire body, and what braces and attaches them all
  2. All the ligaments and muscles, instruments of voluntary and deliberate motion
  3. The series of veins and arteries throughout the body
  4. The nerves
  5. The organs of nutrition and generation
  6. The heart and organs serving the heart
  7. The brain and organs of sense

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