Andreas Vesalius
1514 – 1564 · Belgium · Medicine, Biology
Dissected humans himself and corrected Galen; founded modern anatomy.
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- Galen of Pergamon
129 – 216 · Medicine, Philosophy
Vesalius dissects to test Galen and publishes the corrections as De humani corporis fabrica.
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