Title page of Mondino de 'Luzzi (Mundinus) 'Anathomia', published by Martin Pollick van Mellerstadt, Leipzig, 1493, showing anatomy demonstration. Finished in 1316, 'Anathomia' was first published in Padua in 1478 and for upwards of a hundred years was the only textbook on anatomy. Italian physician and anatomist said to have been first since ancient times to carry out human dissection. Woodcut.

Title page of Mondino de 'Luzzi (Mundinus) 'Anathomia', published by Martin Pollick van Mellerstadt, Leipzig, 1493, showing anatomy demonstration. Finished in 1316, 'Anathomia' was first published in Padua in 1478 and for upwards of a hundred years was the only textbook on anatomy. Italian physician and anatomist said to have been first since ancient times to carry out human dissection. Woodcut.

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