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In his teaching, Vesalius made use of an anatomical theater, an idea conceived just fifty years earlier. The theater highlights the role of teacher as skilled performer, and lets a larger audience view a dissection, a one-shot performance. While the image of the theatre shown here suggests a permanent structure, this is artistic embellishment. The actual structure was probably a temporary wood-frame affair, put up only during the winter season, when cadavers would keep well.
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