Jacopo Berengario da Carpi
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Jacopo Berengario da Carpi was an Italian physician. His book "Isagoge breves" published in 1522 made him the most important anatomist before Andreas Vesalius.
Anatomical plate by Jacopo Berengario da Carpi depicting a pregnant woman with opened uterus
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Rete mirabile
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A rete mirabile is a complex of arteries and veins lying very close to each other, found in some vertebrates, mainly warm-blooded ones. The rete mirabile utilizes countercurrent blood flow within the
Jacopo Berengario da Carpi
…actual dissections to their name, in 1522 Berengario da Carpi claimed to have anatomized several hundred bodies. He also denied the existence of Galen's rete mirabile. Later Vesalius claimed he was the first to do so. Berengario da Carpi, Jacopo (1530). Isagogae breues et exactissimae in anatomia humani corporis…
Rete mirabile of a sheep