Word: fabrica
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...anatomical studies, taken as a whole, represent the greatest leap in knowledge of the body made by any man in history, until Vesalius published his epochal De Humani Carporis Fabrica in 1543, nearly a quarter-century after Leonardo's death. Indeed, many of the artist's discoveries would not be rediscovered until well into the 18th century. What medical history might have been if most of Leonardo's notebooks had not been scattered or lost one can only guess...