▁even ▁his ▁own ▁find ings , ▁so ▁that ▁they ▁could ▁better ▁understand ▁the ▁structure ▁of ▁the ▁human ▁body . ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁his ▁contin ual ▁efforts ▁to ▁study ▁an atom y ▁he ▁also ▁worked ▁on ▁medic inal ▁rem ed ies ▁and ▁came ▁to ▁such ▁conclus ions ▁as ▁tre ating ▁sy ph ilis ▁with ▁ch inar oot . ▁ ▁V es al ius ▁claimed ▁that ▁medicine ▁had ▁three ▁aspects : ▁dru gs , ▁di et , ▁and ▁' the ▁use ▁of ▁hands ' — main ly ▁suggesting ▁surg ery ▁and ▁the ▁knowledge ▁of ▁an atom y ▁and ▁phys i ology ▁gained ▁through ▁dis section . ▁ ▁V es al ius ▁was ▁a ▁supp orter ▁of ▁' parallel ▁dis sections ' ▁in ▁which ▁an ▁animal ▁cada ver ▁and ▁a ▁human ▁cada ver ▁are ▁disse cted ▁simultaneously ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁demonstrate ▁the ▁an atom ical ▁differences ▁and ▁thus ▁correct ▁Gal en ic ▁errors . ▁ ▁Scient ific ▁and ▁historical ▁impact ▁▁ ▁The ▁influence ▁of ▁V es al ius ' ▁pl ates ▁representing ▁the ▁partial ▁dis sections ▁of ▁the ▁human ▁figure ▁pos ing ▁in ▁a ▁landscape ▁setting ▁is ▁apparent ▁in ▁the ▁an atom ical ▁pl ates ▁prepared ▁by ▁the ▁Bar o que ▁painter ▁Pietro ▁da ▁Cort ona ▁( 1 5 9 6 – 1 6 6 9 ), ▁who ▁executed ▁an atom ical ▁pl ates ▁with ▁figures ▁in ▁dram atic ▁pos es , ▁most ▁of ▁them ▁with ▁architect ural ▁or ▁landscape ▁back dro ps . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁the ▁American