Anatomy was increasingly seen as essential for surgeons, not least as the wars that ravaged the Continent pushed developments in military surgery. Anatomy was thus an applied topic for surgeons, but was also an academic subject in its own right. As various forms of illustration technologies developed, anatomical works became much more heavily illustrated.
Sōmatographia anthrōpinē. Or A description of the body of man. With the practise of chirurgery…