fabrica

Noun

Meaning

fabrica (plural fabricas or fabricae)

(historical) A workshop in an ancient Roman fort.

Examples

Abdominal organs * In De fabrica, he corrected an earlier claim he made in Tabulae about the right kidney being set higher than the left. Source: Internet

It was in this opening chapter, or book, of De fabrica that Vesalius made several of his strongest claims against Galen's theories and writings which he had put in his anatomy books. Source: Internet

See related story about Fabrica de Arte Cubano here. Source: Internet

Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind (1997), 201-11 citation Padua and Bologna Vesalius's 1543 De humani corporis fabrica contained intricately detailed drawings of human dissections, often in allegorical poses. Source: Internet

Muscular system * Vesalius' most impressive contribution to the study of the muscular system may be the illustrations that accompany the text in De fabrica, which would become known as the "muscle men". Source: Internet

Vesalius' most famous work, De humani corporis fabrica, was greatly influenced by Galenic writing and form. Source: Internet

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