On the fabric of the human body.
Subtitle: a translation of De humani corporis fabrica libri septem
By: Andreas Vesalius ; [translated] by William Frank Richardson ; in collaboration with John Burd Carman.
Contributors: Richardson, William Frank.; Carman, John Burd.
Series: Norman anatomy series -- no. 4; Norman landmarks series -- no. 5
Publisher: Norman Pub.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Novato, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9780930405885
Subjects: Digestive organs -- Anatomy -- Early works to 1800; Generative organs -- Anatomy -- Early works to 1800; Digestive System; Urogenital System
Genres: Early works to 1800
Other titles: Organs of nutrition and generation
Work titles: De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. Liber 5.
Notes: Translated from Latin.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The organs of nutrition; title: The peritoneum; title: The gullet and stomach; title: The omentum; title: The intestines; title: The mesentery; title: The liver; title: The bladder for yellow bile; title: The spleen; title: The kidneys; title: The bladder that receives urine, and the channels that convey urine from the kidneys to the bladder; title: Nature's provision for the propagation of the species; title: The male organs of generation; title: Structure of the male member or penis; title: The uterus and the other female organs of generation; title: The cups of the uterus; title: The wrappings that protect the fetus in the uterus; title: The breasts; title: How to undertake a dissection, and how to dissect each of the parts described in this book.