How the modern science began

 After several years, Vesalius decided that he had learned all he could in France, and travelled to Italy. There he studied in several great universities. He learned all that was known about anatomy up to that time. Vesalius worked hard. He spent three years studying and dissecting bodies, and three more years in writing about his studies. The work of Vesalius is the foundation of modern anatomy.

Before Vesalius, even the wisest men had many mistaken ideas about the human body. After Vesalius, anatomy was on the way to becoming a true science. The writings and drawings of Vesalius became known all over Europe. His drawings were very accurate, and even today are accepted as excellent pictures of the parts of the human body. Vesalius died just about four hundred years ago. Since then, many scientists, working in many countries, have developed the science of anatomy. Little by little, more and more has become known about the human body.

The invention of the microscope, in the 17th century, was a great help to the study of anatomy. It enabled scientists to study the cells of the human body. Now they could see that muscle cells look different from bone cells or other cells. Even today scientists do not know all there is to be known about the human body. There are still many things to be discovered about the human body and how it works.