Flemish anatomist and physician

He was born into a family long associated with the medical care. He obtained his medical degree from the university of padua. Then he worked there and teached surgery and anatomy. In 1559 he moved to Spain on an invitation to the Spanish court. He became physician at the court of Philip II. He had left Padua disgusted. He was condemned and people including who is poisoning Europe.

Vesalius’s surgical skills were extraordinary. He dissected every sort of animal to improve his skill. He studied the anatomical structure of them. Once he wrote; “I could not even lay my hand upon a dried skull, much less take the chance of making a dissection. He over looked every dissection he performed. He studied the bones perfectly.

After his enemy sylirus died, vesalius was invited back to padua to take the chair of anatomy. But vesalius decided to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and then go to padua. On the return journey, in 1564, he was ship wrecked during violent strom, and died on a small island off the greek coast. He was buried there only.