middle-aged lesbian reveals 'that the mother was owner of a brothel' as the cause. Severe vertigo is traced to the patient possibly having seen her father urinating: the case confirms 'the optimistic assertion that the prognosis for the psychoanalysis of agoraphobia, given a long time for treatment, is an entirely favourable one'. And so on through 'obscene words', 'morning erections', 'smoking...

The friendly connection that existed between Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) and his learned friends in Augsburg comprised three periods in the life of the emperor's court physician. The close ties that must have connected Adolphus Occo II and III and Vesalius are expressed in a number of medals carrying their images.

Andreas Vesalius reformed anatomical knowledge and teaching in the Renaissance by adopting Galenic methods from the classical past. His careful drawings revealed the human body in unprecedented and realistic detail, but the images of himself were more ambiguous.

Leonardo da Vinci, Jean Falcon, Andreas Vesalius, Henry Gray, Henry Vandyke Carter and Frank Netter created some of the best atlases of anatomy. Their works constitute not only scientific medical projects but also masterpieces of art.