Anatomical dissection. 16th-century artwork showing the organs revealed by dissection (then forbidden),labelled in Latin. Organs shown in the dissected torso include the heart,lungs,liver,stomach,spleen,kidneys,intestines and bladder. This woodcut is from 'Margarita philosophica' (1503). This work,by the German author Georg Reisch (c.1467-1525),was an encyclopedic compilation of knowledge that became one of the standard textbooks of the time. The topics in its twelve books included grammar,dialectics,rhetoric,arithmetic,music,geometry,astronomy,physics,natural history,physiology,psychology,and ethics |