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An anatomical demonstration in a temporarily-erected wooden theatre set inside a circular, columned building, with Vesalius standing to the left of a table at centre, dissecting the abdomen of a woman amidst a crowd of onlookers; a human skeleton standing behind the dissected body, a monkey in lower left and two dogs in lower right; a cartouche with title hanging from the ceiling at top centre; title-page to the first edition of Andreas Vesalius "De humani corporis fabrica libri septem" (Basel: 1543). c.1543 Woodcut
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