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and numbers labeled on the structures, and the remainder of the sheet is
filled with the names of the vessels, all in Latin. I am spellbound.
Returning to the front of the book I encounter the famous muscle men,
and in sheet after sheet, I see the progression of dissection. With each
sequence, less and less muscle is depicted. It’s like the acetate overlays in
my beloved World Book Encyclopedia. It all started here, with this book,
the masterpiece of instruction and artistry that dared to criticize Galen,
and Vesalius had thrown down the gauntlet and proclaimed, I will see for
myself and prove to myself through investigation what is true. Over the
next one hundred years, this resolve took root and ignited a scientific
revolution.