"What's amazing is that these manikins were the first attempt to accurately show the organ systems of the body in a 3-D anatomical representation," said Dr. Mark Preul, director of The Loyal and Edith Davis Neurosurgical Research Laboratory at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona. "Students could use these cut-out flap assemblies as dissection guides or to study anatomy when they did not have bodies to dissect. Vesalius seized on new printing technology and began a revolution in anatomical teaching with his texts in 1543. They have been written about, but the whole set of them has never been shown graphically together."
The manikins emerged during a transformative period in medical history. The 16th century saw the loosening of restrictions on human dissection by the Church and the advent of the printing press in Europe. These changes enabled Vesalius to produce detailed, realistic anatomical illustrations and advocate for hands-on dissection over reliance on outdated sources.
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