Sachiko Kusukawa, Cambridge University
College of Physicians of Philadelphia and Dittrick Medical History Center, Case Western Reserve University
Vivitur ingenio, caeteris mortis erunt, roughly translated to “as one lives on by the spirit, the rest shall belong to death,” is a motto that accompanied one of the remarkable images in Andreas Vesalius’s seven books on the fabric of the human body (1543). ‘Ingenium’ in the sixteenth century could mean ‘spirit’ (as opposed to death of the body) as well as talent, or ingenuity. This talk will illustrate the ingenuity that went into Vesalius’s landmark publication, and his legacy and impact in our understanding and treatment of the human body.
An illustrated talk by Sachiko Kusukawa, PhD, the Tutor and Director of Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Trinity College, Cambridge. Dr. Kusukawa is the author of Picturing the Book of Nature: Image, Text, and Argument in Sixteenth-Century Human Anatomy and Medical Botany.
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