He returned for a time to Louvain, and here he published his first book, a commentary on the "Almansor" of Rhazes, in 1537.
(20) M.Roth: Andreas Vesalius Bruxellensis, Berlin, 1892.

An excellent account of Vesalius and his contemporaries is given by James Moores Ball in his superbly printed Andreas Vesalius, the Reformer of Anatomy, St.Louis, 1910.
Finding it difficult, either in Paris or Louvain, to pursue his anatomical studies, he decided to go to Italy where, at Venice and Padua, the opportunities were greater.

At Venice, he attended the practice of a hospital (now a barracks) which was in charge of the Theatiner Order.

I show you a photograph of the building taken last year.

And here a strange destiny brought two men together.