Andreas Vesalius Quotes

I am not accustomed to saying anything with certainty after only one or two observations.

Andreas Vesalius

I am not confident in making any definitive declarations based on only a few observations.

Aristotle and many others say men have more teeth than women; it is no harder for anyone to test this than it is for me to say it is false, since no one is prevented from counting teeth.

Andreas Vesalius

Many have asserted that men possess a greater number of teeth than women; it is no more difficult for anyone to verify this than it is for me to state it is incorrect, since nobody is hindered from tallying teeth.

The more fashionable doctors in Italy, began to delegate to slaves the manual attentions they deemed necessary for their patients ... that the art of medicine went to ruin.

Andreas Vesalius

The more in-vogue physicians in Italy, started to entrust to servants the hands-on care they deemed essential for their patients ... that the science of medicine declined.