title: Bartholomeo Eustachio--the third man: Eustachius published by Albinus.
abstract: In 1744, Albinus from Leyden, the most illustrious anatomist of his time, published, with ample comments, the long lost anatomical Tables of Eustachius. Engraved on copper plates in 1552, these tables illustrated the results of the dissections of Eustachius. Albinus considered this work to be vastly superior to that of Vesalius, first published in 1543. The rivalry between the famous and flamboyant Vesalius and the almost unknown Eustachius marked the official acceptance of dissection of the human body as a legitimate research and teaching method. The tale unfolds against a backdrop of Renaissance and Reformation effervescence, with Popes, Kings and an Emperor playing a direct or indirect part in the development of anatomy as a science.
authors.affiliation: The University of Melbourne, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Marius
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fahrer
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000266:history*; D004210:Dissection / Q000266:history; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D009426:Netherlands