Fig. 1. A woodcut illustration from Fasciculus medicinae (1491) depicting human dissection in medieval Italy. The anatomist (Lector) over viewing the dissection, which is being performed by a barber surgeon (Sector) under directions from the Ostensor, who is pointing to the part of the body to be dissected. Fasciculus medicinae was edited by Johannes de Ketham, a German physician who practiced in medieval Italy. Image in public domain.