Andrews Vesalius is very interesting. He had a very exciting background and was able to make many earth-shattering discoveries in the anatomical field. To publish his discoveries, Andrews Vesalius published many books that were read, copied, and reread until almost every scientist in the entire world became aware of his discoveries. These publications and discoveries helped Andreas gain much recognition in the scientific revolution. Andreas Vesalius was born on December 31, 1514 in Brussels, Habsburg Netherlands (a part of present-day Belgium) to Anne van Hamme and Andreas Vesalius (his father). He was born into a family of many physicians, two of whom (his father and grandfather) were royal physicians to the Holy Roman Emperor. When Andreas was a boy, he enjoyed dissecting animals and his interest increased when he went to the University of Paris in 1533. There he was taught by Johannes Quinterus and Jacobus Sylvius and his interest in dissection reached its peak when his teachers and His fellow students strongly wanted him to publicly dissect the animals and explain what their parts are for. After a while Andreas went to Venice and then to Padua where he obtained the title of Doctor of Medicine. Subsequently he was appointed professor at the University of Padua. As a professor, Andreas personally dissected the bodies and reported on them, in contrast to other professors of the time who read chapters from Galen's book while a surgeon dissected it. He later discovered that some of Galen's observations were wrong and concluded that Galen had never dissected a human body but dissected monkeys and other human-like animals. Later in his life, he was appointed imperial physician to Emperor Charles V, just like his father and grandfather... middle of paper... ligaments, ligaments and muscles, veins and arteries, nerves, organs, organs associated with the heart and to the brain. This book was not only written as a description of the body but also to point out Galen's mistakes. Another of Andreas' publications is the Venesection Letter. This is a letter explaining that if someone is experiencing pain in their side, it may be due to the auxiliary vein in their right elbow being cut. In the letter he states that the only way to stop the pain is to draw blood from the site of the pain. The purpose of this book is so that he can support his arguments from the venous system and not from his books. Another of Andreas' publications is the Epistle on the Chinese Root. In this he describes a herbal medicine that can cure gout, syphilis and stones. This work also tells the mistakes made by Galen and a response to the critics.