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Andreas Vesalius was a Belgian Scientist. He was born in Brussels which is known today as Belgium in 1514. He came from a family of doctors or pharmacists. He was always interested in living things and anatomy. He attended the universities in Flanders,France, and Italy. He later earned a medical degree in 1537 and later became a personal doctor to Italian and Spanish royalty.Andreas Vesalius was a good observer and independent worker. He dissected real human bodies. He also showed that the heart had four hollow areas. Some ways that Andreas Vesalius impacted our society today by showing us that one the heart has four chambers and we now know more about the human body more than we did before because of him dissecting bodies. [] [] https://barbenpd3.wikispaces.com/Vesalius