[The urology in the anatomical plates of Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564)]

Abstract

Perspicacious and methodical as much as genius, Vesalius was the greatest anatomist of all time. He created the anatomical nomenclature of organs used even today. He elaborated more than 300 remarkable anatomical illustrations, a part of which is dedicated to the male urogenital tract, providing in this way precious information about the knowledge on urology of his time.