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M. BIESBROUCK. VESALIUS BIBLIOGRAPHY: UPDATE JANUARY 2013
303 * CARMAN John Burd. ‘Anatomist’s preface’ in William Frank RICHARDSON, John
Burd CARMAN, Andreas Vesalius: on the Fabric of the Human Body. A
Translation of ‘De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem’. Vol. II: Book II, The
Ligaments and Muscles, San Francisco, Norman Publishing, 1999, pp. xvii-xxiv.
On Vesalius’ organisation of his descriptions (p. xvii-xviii), his insight in muscle
physiology (p. xix), on the muscle plates and the landscapes (p. xix-xx), the artists (p; xxi),
the cooperation between translator and anatomist (p; xxi), his conflictual views with Galen
(p; xxii) and Vesalius as an expert dissector.
304 * CARMAN John Burd. ‘Anatomist’s preface’ in William Frank RICHARDSON, John
Burd CARMAN, Andreas Vesalius: on the Fabric of the Human Body. A
Translation of ‘De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem’. Vol. III: Book III, The
veines and arteries, Book IV, The nerves, Novato, California, Norman Publishing,
2002, pp. xvii-xxvi.
On the rete mirabile, the difficulty of dissection of the ‘vessels’, the differences with animal
anatomy, difficulty to match Vesalius’ terminology to modern nomenclature, with other
concepts and numberings. Also on individual anatomical variability. Comparison of some
figures from the Fabrica with the more accurate ones of the Epitome.
304.05 * CARMAN John Burd. ‘Preface’ in William Frank RICHARDSON, John Burd
CARMAN, Andreas Vesalius: on the Fabric of the Human Body. A Translation of
‘De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem’. Vol. IV: Book V, The Organs of
Nutrition and Generation, Novato, California, Norman Publishing, 2007, pp. ixxiv.
On Vesalius’ view of the peritoneum, the oesophagus (with the dissection of 14
individuals), the appendix (or cecum), the liver, kidney and the reproductive organs with the
tuba uterina (comparison with the Epitome). Comment on an error in the illustrations. On
Vesalius’ account for the dissection of the abdomino-pelvic organs. Also about the
contribution of W.R. Richardson to the English translation of the Fabrica.
304.06 * CARMAN John Burd. ‘Preface’ in William Frank RICHARDSON, John Burd
CARMAN, Andreas Vesalius: on the Fabric of the Human Body. A Translation of
‘De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem’. Vol. V: Book VI, The Heart and
Associated Organs, Book VII, The Brain, Novato, California, Norman Publishing,
2009, pp. ix-xii.
On Vesalius as an accomplished morphologist and on Will Richardson’s (+2005) translation
work.
305 * CARRE, M.H. ‘Illustration and the renaissance of science’ in Hibbert Journal, 63,
1964-1965, no. 251, 156-159.
Passim on the importance of the collaboration between artist and scientist in Vesalius’s
Fabrica.
305.50 * CARTER, John, Percy H. MUIR (eds.). ‘The Birth of Modern Anatomy: Andreas
Vesalius (1514-1564)’ in Printing and the Mind of Man: Descriptive Catalogue
Illustrating the Impact of Print on the Evolution of Western Civilisation during five
Centuries, München, Karl Pressler, 1983, * 71, p. 43.
First edition by Cassell and Company in 1967.
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