The 1543 Anatomical Atlas That Demolished 1,300 Years of Galenic Anatomy in One Book and Established That Galen Had Never Dissected a Human
Andreas Vesalius's *De humani corporis fabrica*, published at Basel in June 1543, was an anatomical atlas based on the direct dissection of approximately thirty human cadavers in Padua between 1540 and 1542. The book identified approximately 200 specific errors in Galen's anatomy. The conclusion that Galen had dissected only animals — never humans — ended 1,300 years of medical-faculty authority.
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