History of anatomy in the 17th and 18th centuries

See also History of the French school of anatomy

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M. R. Columbus and Gabriele Falloppio were pupils of Vesalius, the 16th century anatomist, regarded by many as the founder of the science. Columbus, as his immediate successor in Padua, and afterwards professor at Rome, distinguished himself by rectifying and improving the anatomy of the bones; by giving correct accounts of the shape and cavities of the heart, of the pulmonary artery and aorta and their valves, and tracing the course of the blood from the right to the left side of the heart; by a good description of the brain and its vessels, and by correct understanding of the internal ear, and the first good account of the ventricles of the larynx. Osteology nearly at the same time found an assiduous cultivator in Giovanni Filippo Ingrassias.

Related Topics:
M. R. Columbus - Gabriele Falloppio - Vesalius - 16th century - Giovanni Filippo Ingrassias

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The anatomical descriptions of Vesalius underwent the scrutiny of various inquirers, notably Julius Caesar Aranzi.

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