Vesalio, a Belgian guy at the service of the Spanish Empire, more specifically, at the service of King Charles I and King Philip II of Spain, decided it was a nonsense, and introduced the fashion of only one person cutting the body while explaining their actions and adapting the book-ish information to real life. As a result, students got into a mess and understood little to nothing about what they were seeing. The funny thing is, when Physicians taught in the universities, they used to read a book while a different person with no theoretical basis opened the human body in the autopsies. Physicians had a higher status whereas Surgeons were just carpenters of bones. On the other hand, Surgeons disregarded Physicians because they were theoretical pricks who very rarely touched a body and knew nothing about how to amputate a leg. Physicians looked down on Surgeons because they knew no Latin or Greek and studied nothing from books, as most of them were illiterate, so their experience was gained from real patients in battlefields and boats. The science part is just anecdotical but I was thrilled when they talked about important historic discoveries or about German anatomy books (has that last thing really changed?).Ībove all, I liked seeing how Surgeons and Physicians were still separated. But I surely enjoy m/m romances, and a good historical one is difficult to find. Ok, I wouldn't have liked this book so much if it were a boring essay. I may sound like a freak but one of the reasons I loved this book so much was the medical stuff!
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