History of the Skeleton

http://www.stanford.edu/class/history13/earlysciencelab/body/skeletonpages/skeleton.html

This Website has information about the History of the skeleton (During the Renaissance Period), and information on what they found so intriguing about the Skeleton. It also has drawings done by people of that time, showing their understanding about the structure, how it works e.t.c.

It also talks about a person called 'Galen', but I have been unable to find out who exactly Galen is.

The language used it not very 'Kid Friendly' (made me make use of my Dictionary!) but it has lots of interesting and helpful information and opinions.

Information On Andreas Vesalius

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Vesalius

This is a Wikipedia site, so I was a bit apprehensive to use it, as people may have been able to change it. But it has SOO much fantastic information about the life/background of Andres and information about his research/discoveries. It talks about the book he published 'De Corporis Fabricia', and what he found out about the skeletal system.

Scientific findings

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• Vesalius believed the skeletal system to be the framework of the human body. It was in this opening chapter, or book, of De fabrica that Vesalius made several of his strongest claims againstGalen's theories and writings which he had put in his anatomy books. In his extensive study of the skull, Vesalius claimed that the mandible consisted of one bone, whereas Galen had thought it was two separate bones. He accurately described the vestibule in the interior of the temporal bone of the skull.
• In Galen's observation of the ape, he had discovered that their sternum consisted of seven parts which he assumed held true for humans. Vesalius discovered that the human sternum only consisted of three parts.
• He also disproved the common belief that men had one rib fewer than women and noted that fibula and tibia bones of the leg were indeed larger than the humerus bone of the arm, unlikeGalen's original findings.

Who Founded the System

Andreas Vesalius http://www.comptonhistory.com/images/vesalius04.jpg

The Scientist who founded the Skeletal System, 'Andreas Vesalius'.