Clone of Anatomical engravings

Online resources for exploring the history of anatomical images are already available in abundance. These provide plenteous material for creating introdutions to this subject at many different educational levels. To the source of imagery listed below must be added material on the manuscript traditions of the Middle Ages.

Anatomia 1522-1867: Anatomical Plates from the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, featuring 4500 full page plates from 95 different titles.

Ars Anatomica: Imaging the Renaissance Body by the Edinburgh University Library and the Royal College of Physicians, is a smaller virtual exhibition focused on contextualising Vesalius, with an image gallery for ease of navigation.

Turning the Pages is a virtual copy of Vesalius's De Humani Corporis Fabrica with pop-up commentary on the main features of the text and images. From the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

Vivitur ingenio. The 500th anniversary of Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) is a rich and scholarly virtual exhibition in the Cambridge University Library marking the quincentenary of the birth of Vesalius. In an accomanying video (below) Andrew Cunningham talks about De humani corporis fabrica libri septem (1543) and (from 3.58 onwards) its iconic frontispiece, which also receives special attention in the exhibition. One of the best virtual exhibitions of its time, this will the remain the natural online point of departure for relatively advanced studens exploring this area. The Medical Cabinet can help anatomise it for other users and thereby to embed it within curricula at various levels.