Anatomia Mundini, 1541. First known illustration of the vermiform appendix. Public baths, which had been popular throughout Europe since the time of the Roman Empire, were active in the spread of syphilis and many had to be closed. The first educated and scientific German surgeon and author of 20 medical books. Erasmus was the era.
Date is very approximate.
Date is very approximate. Negative also shows the back of the hand. Redi spent much of his life at the Medici's Court and was, after Galileo, a unique example of scientist and courtier. The catacombs were begun in 1599 when the Capuchin monks mummified one of their members to pray for him after death. Locals then demanded that their relatives by mummified for the same reason.