681).
With Vesalius disappeared the old didactic method of teaching anatomy.
He did his own dissections, made his own preparations, and, when human subjects were scarce, employed dogs, pigs or cats, and occasionally a monkey.

For five years he taught and worked at Padua.

He is known to have given public demonstrations in Bologna and elsewhere.

In the "China-root" he remarks that he once taught in three universities in one year.

The first fruit of his work is of great importance in connection with the evolution of his knowledge.