title: More Vesalian Second Thoughts. The Annotations to the Institutiones anatomicae secundum Galeni sententiam, 1538.
abstract: In 1538 Andreas Vesalius published his unauthorised revision of Guinther von Andernach's little anatomical textbook, the Institutiones anatomicae. Immediately on publication he set to work on a further revision, making around 250 changes. This paper presents these changes for the first time, discussing them in the context of Vesalius as a reviser of his own work and as anatomist moving away from reliance on Galen towards the independence of the 1543 Fabrica. As well as simple proof corrections, the notes show corrections to Vesalius' earlier anatomical observations as well as page references to passages in Galen discussed at greater length in the Fabrica.
authors.forename: Vivian
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nutton
mesh_terms: D054814:Anatomists / Q000266:history*; D049669:History, 16th Century; D006801:Humans; D008374:Manuscripts, Medical as Topic / Q000266:history*