Andreas'+Career

__**Andreas Vesalius' Career**__

 After a working as a military surgeon, Vesalius enrolled at the University of Padua, where he then received his medical degree in 1537. Later on, Vesalius had became a lecturer at the university. He began to establish new ways of teaching and demonstrating anatomy. For example, he performed dissections himself during lectures and illustrated the lesson with large anatomical charts.



As Vesalius continued with his dissection, he constantly noticed misconceptions between what he saw in the human body and what Galen had about the human body. Vesalius had figured out that Galen’s errors were due to the fact that Galen had been dissecting animals and not humans. The reason behind Galen not dissecting humans was due to religious restrictions.   

 Throughout his career he created many books, one book in particular was to attract established physicians to the study of anatomy, Vesalius created one of the most important books in medical history. Published in 1543, it was the world's first textbook of anatomy called //De humani corporis fabrica ("The Fabric of The Human Body"). This book// contained detailed anatomical descriptions of all parts of the human body, including directions for carrying out dissections, detailed illustrations, a clear explanation of the objective, and the, scientific method of conducting medical research. Vesalius now left anatomical research to take up medical practice. He became physician to the imperial court of Emperor Charles V and in 1555 took service with Charles' son, Philip II of Spain. In 1564 he left Spain for a trip to the Holy Land (Palestine). On The way home his ship wrecked, and Andreas  died on the Greek island of Zakynthos.