In 1564, perhaps as a way to escape the Spanish court, Vesalius undertook a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Upon his return, the ship was caught in a storm and washed ashore on the Greek island of Zakynthos where he fell ill and died. Vesalius' legacy still permeates anatomy and medicine today.
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Oct 15, 2014 · Vesalius asked the family if he could perform an autopsy on the body to determine the cause of death, but when he cut into the body it was ...
Jan 10, 2018 · He became ill in a storm while sailing back to Venice, and died on 15 October 1564, at the age of forty-nine on the island of Zakynthos, Greece.
Andries van Wezel (31 December 1514 – 15 October 1564), latinised as Andreas Vesalius was an anatomist and physician who wrote De Humani Corporis Fabrica ...
Conflicting reports obscure the final days of Vesalius's life. Apparently he became ill aboard ship while returning to Europe from his pilgrimage. He was put ...
Dec 22, 2015 · The boat on which he set sail was allegedly driven before a storm for forty days without landfall, provisions ran short, and Vesalius fell ill.
In 1564, in his 50th year, Andreas Vesalius died, alone and unattended, on the remote island of Zante, off the west coast of Greece.
Andreas Vesalius was born on 31 December 1514 in Brussels, Belgium, then ... In 1564, he left for a trip to the Holy Land but died on 15 October 1564 ...
Aug 28, 2023 · The famed anatomist died in June 1564 when his ship met a storm and was shipwrecked on the voyage back from a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
... was shipwrecked on the island of Zakynthos (Zante) in the Ionian Sea. This is where Vesalius died and was buried. Andreas Vesalius is commonly credited as ...
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