CHAPTER XXVII
THE FOUNDERS OF HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
Among the earliest physicians of this period to inculcate
the importance of substituting a correct knowledge of
anatomy for the frequently incorrect descriptions that had
been prepared by Galen and handed down through the
succeeding centuries, were the following: Jacques DuBois
of Paris (1478-1555), who was perhaps better known by
his latinized name of "Sylvius"; Guido Guidi (died in
1569), who was also known as "Vidus Vidius"; and
Winther of Andernach, a small city on the Rhine. These
three men, all of whom taught anatomy at Paris, were
commonly considered the best anatomists of that early
period. DuBois was further entitled to the credit of having
been the first physician to inject blood-vessels with a
material that renders them more easily visible, and also
the first person in Paris to dissect a human corpse. It was
from these men that Vesalius, who afterward became such
a famous anatomist, received his first practical instruction
in this branch of medical science. Nothing further need
be said here of DuBois, but brief sketches of Guido Guidi
and of Berengarius of Carpi, another contemporary
anatomist of considerable distinction, deserve to find places
in our history of this period. Vesalius' facetious remark
that "Winther of Andernach never used a knife except for
the purpose of dissecting his food" absolves us from the
duty of saying anything further about his career as an
anatomist.
In 1542 Francis the First, King of France, gave a great impulse to the study of medicine by calling Guido Guidi from Florence, Italy, to teach that science in the Collége
