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What was Versalius'/Harvey's Contribution to Medicine? Versalius and Harvey's contribution to medicine were a detailed study of the human anatomy and dissection. Both were Professors of Surgery and made a great contribution to surgery. Andreas Versalius was born in Brussels in1514 and studied medicine in Paris and Louvain and met artists who were studying skeletons and dissecting bodies to make paintings more realistic, Versalius discovered that Galen was wrong in some important details of anatomy. After an argument in Louvain over bleeding techniques he became professor of surgery and anatomy at Padua.. Versalius did his own dissections and wrote books based on his observations using accurate diagrams to illustrate his work, like "The Fabric Of The Human Body" (1543). Versalius contribution and methods were important to medicines he oversaw all stages in the Human anatomy dissection and pointed out some of the Galen's mistakes. As doctors believed that Galen was right about...

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