Episode 151: Sick to Death
The History of English Podcast
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The History of English Podcast
Barbers surgeons were allowed to dissect the corpses of four executed criminals each year. Andreas Vesalius, a surgical professor in Italy, discovered that traditional descriptions of human anatomy was sometimes incorrect. He published detailed drawings of the organs and skeletal system; they became standard tools of the trade. In the next episode, we'll look at Henry VIII's final three marriages as well as one of the greatest collections of English proverbs ever compiled.
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