title: Nerve and arterial supply to the hand in Vesalius's De Humani Corporis Fabrica.
abstract: Belgian anatomist Andreas Vesalius, in his groundbreaking medical atlas De Humani Corporis Fabrica, 1543, committed to paper two anatomical errors relating to the vascular and nervous system of the hand. In the diagrams, he depicts a highly irregular symmetrical sensory innervation of the median and ulnar nerves. He also fails to mention or illustrate the deep or superficial palmar arches.
authors.affiliation: 275 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur, CA 9439 USA ; University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA USA.
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Denkler
authors.forename: Max Austin
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Norman
keywords: Hand anatomy; Medical history; Palmar arch; Ulnar nerve; Vesalius