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  On The Fabric of The Human Body

  Introduction by Vivian Nutton

To the Divine Charles V, the Mightiest and Most Unvanquished Emperor: Andreas Vesalius’ PREFACE to his books On the Fabric of the Human Body

PRINTER’S NOTE TO THE READER [Vesalius's instructions to the printer]

  Book One -- The things that sustain and support the entire body, and what braces and attaches them all. [the bones and the ligaments that interconnect them]

  Chapter 1 The Nature, Use, and Diversity of Bone

  Chapter 2 The Nature, Use, and Varieties of Cartilage

  Chapter 3 Names by which the Parts and Surfaces of Bones are Identified

  Chapter 4 On the Structural Relationships of Bones

  Chapter 5 The Structure of the Head: Why It Is Shaped As It Is, and How Many Configurations It Has

  Chapter 6 On the Eight Bones of the Head and the Sutures Connecting Them

  Chapter 7 On the Jugal Bone, and the Bones Resembling a Rock Outcropping

  Chapter 8 On the Ossicles That Enter Upon the Construction of the Organ of Hearing

  Chapter 9 On the Twelve Bones of the Upper Maxilla, Including the Bones of the Nose

  Chapter 10 On The Lower Maxilla

  Chapter 11 On The Teeth, Which are also counted as bones

  Chapter 12 On The Foramina of the Head and the Upper Maxilla

  Chapter 13 On the Bone Resembling the Greek Upsilon

  Chapter 14 On the Spine and its Various Bones

  Chapter 15 On the Vertebrae of the Neck or Cervix

  Chapter 16 On the Vertebrae of the Thorax

  Chapter 17 On the Lumbar Vertebrae

  Chapter 18 On the Sacral Bone and the Coccyx

  Chapter 19 On the Bones of the Thorax

  Chapter 20 On the Cartilaginous Substance Which Is Ascribed to the Base of the Heart, Or the Bone of the Heart

  Chapter 21 On the Scapuli

  Chapter 22 On the Clavicles

  Chapter 23 On the Humerus or Arm Bone

  Chapter 24 On the Bones of the Forearm: the Ulna and Radius

  Chapter 25 On the Carpus

  Chapter 26 On the Metacarpus

  Chapter 27 On the Digits of the Hand

  Chapter 28 On the Ossicles Which Resemble a Sesame Seed

  Chapter 29 On the Bones Which Are Attached to the Sides of the Sacrum

  Chapter 30 On the Femur

  Chapter 31 On the Tibia and Fibula

  Chapter 32 On the Patella

  Chapter 33 On the Bones of the Foot

  Chapter 34 On the Nails

  Chapter 35 On the Cartilages of the Eyelids

  Chapter 36 On the Cartilage of the Ear

  Chapter 37 On the Cartilages of the Nose

  Chapter 38 On the Cartilages of the Rough Artery, and What Therein Would Be Called by the Greeks Glottis and Epiglottis

  Chapter 39 By What Method the Bones and Cartilages of the Human Body May Be Prepared for Inspection

  Chapter 40 On the Number of Bones

Anterior Aspect of the Bones of the Human Body Assembled Together

Drawing of the Bones of the Human Body, Seen from the Side

Bones of the Human, Shown in the Posterior Aspect

Index of Characters placed on the three figures representing the entire skeleton

  Book Two -- All the ligaments and muscles, instruments of voluntary and deliberate motion

  Book Three -- The series of veins and arteries throughout the body

  Book Four -- The nerves

  Book Five -- The organs of nutrition and generation

  Book Six -- The heart and organs serving the heart [Chiefly the heart and lungs]

  Book Seven -- The brain and organs of sense