Vesalius arranged his work into seven books.
Book 1: The Bones and Cartilages
The first book constitutes about a quarter of the entire collection. It … 詳細

Galen, the prominent Greek physician, surgeon and philosopher in the Roman empire had written on anatomy among other topics, but his work … 詳細

The success of Fabrica recouped the work's considerable expense, and brought Vesalius European fame, partly through cheap unauthorized copies. He was appointed physician to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V; Vesalius presented him with the first … 詳細

De Humani Corporis Fabrica, a 2022 documentary film about the human body by Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel, was … 詳細

1543 edition
Vesalius had the work published at the age of 28, taking great pains to ensure its quality, and dedicated it to 詳細

During the 16th century, the dissection of human bodies was highly prohibited by the Church. Therefore, in order to combat this opposition, Vesalius had … 詳細

More than 700 copies survive from the 1543 and 1555 editions. Of those, by 2018 some 29 copies were in London, 20 in Paris, 14 in Boston, 13 in … 詳細