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M. BIESBROUCK. VESALIUS BIBLIOGRAPHY: UPDATE JANUARY 2013
now], Haidelbergae, impens. Heredum J[onae] Rosae, [Excudit Johannes
Georgius Geyder], 1620, 16 ll., 451 [1] pp., 13 ll. [HC1]
See pp. 129-134 and 180 for a bio-bibliography of Vesalius, including the first printing of
the letter by Hubert Languet in which he gives a dramatic account of Vesalius’s death; also
mentioned by O’Malley. For J.G. von Andernach as Vesalius’s teacher see p. 224.
(also mere mention of the publication of Vesalius’s Fabrica by Joh. Oporinus in his Vitae
Germanorum Philosophorum see p. 246)
11 * ADAMS, Alexander B. Eternal Quest. The story of the great naturalists, New
York, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1969, 509 pp., ill.
Short biography of Vesalius on p. 35-36, some remarks else.
12 ADAMS, Crawford W. ‘The life of Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564)’ in Journal of
the Tennessee Medical Association, 1965, 58 (no. 12): 417-420. [RC2]
12.05 ADAMS, Crawford W. Vesalius, the man and his works, Recording of a lecture for
the class in the history of medicine, delivered by Dr. Crawford Adams, on
December 1, 1976. 1 Sound cassette (ca. 40 min.).
At the Vanderbilt University.
13 ADELBERTO, Pazzini. ‘Uno sconosciuto ritratto di Andrea Vesalio’ in Rivista di
storia della medicina, 1966, 10: 253-254. [RDS]
13.10 ADELMANN, Howard B. The embryological treatises of Hieronymus Fabricius ab
Acquapendente, Ythaca - New York, 1942.
With a summary of Vesalius’s knowledge about embryology pp. 60-61.
13.20 * ADER, Jean Joseph. ‘Vie de Vésale’ in Plutarque des Pay-Bas, ou vies des
hommes illustres de ce royaume, Bruxelles, Laurant Frères, Tome III, 1828, 285-
306. [BG]
14 * ADLER, C., E.B. ADLER. ‘Great men of Padua University, Italy’ in S.-A. Mediese
Tydskrif - South Africa Medical Journal, 1970, 44 (no. 20): 596-599, ill. [MML]
Also short biography of Vesalius.
15 ADLER, Robert E. ‘Andreas Vesalius: driven to dissection’ in IDEM, Medical
firsts: from Hippocrates to the human genome, Hoboken, N.J., John Wiley &
Sons, 2004, pp. 53-60.
16 * AGNEW, L.R.C. ‘Varchi and Vesalius’ in Bulletin of the History of Medicine,
1963, 37: 527-531, ill. [RC3]
Varchi’s poem on Vesalius’s stay in Pisa and shortly on his relation to Cosimo I de’Medici.
See also same journal 1963, 37: 568-571.
16.80 A.K. ‘Vesalius herdacht (31 Dec. 1514-1914)’ [Vesalius commemorated] in Alma
Mater, 1913, 3, 46.
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