All 5 Uses of
Andreas Vesalius
in
Middlemarch
- I can't help people's ignorance and spite, any more than Vesalius could.†
Chpt 5
- His name was Vesalius.†
Chpt 5
- "Oh!" said Rosamond, with a look of disgust on her pretty face, "I am very glad you are not Vesalius.†
Chpt 5 *
- So had Vesalius, Rosy.†
Chpt 5
- No wonder the medical fogies in Middlemarch are jealous, when some of the greatest doctors living were fierce upon Vesalius because they had believed in Galen, and he showed that Galen was wrong.†
Chpt 5
Definitions:
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(1)
(Andreas Vesalius) a Flemish surgeon who is considered the father of modern anatomy (1514-1564)
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, Vesalius can refer to others with that name.