Award winning cultural historian Daniel Margocsy, PhD, from the University of Cambridge describes the creation of Andreas Vesalius's Fabrica. A unique event in the history of the book and anatomical study, the production and publishing of the Fabrica documented Vesalius's personal knowledge about the structure of the human body that ran counter to the prevailing Galenist anatomy of the day. Dr. Margocsy is joined by Gabrielle Fox, a Cincinnati book-binding and preservation expert, who discusses the bindings of the first and second editions on display in the Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library/Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions. with an innovative design
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