▁comm uted ▁to ▁a ▁pil gr image . ▁That ▁story ▁re - sur fac ed ▁several ▁times , ▁until ▁it ▁was ▁more ▁recently ▁re vised . ▁ ▁Publications ▁ ▁De ▁Hum ani ▁Corpor is ▁Fab rica ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 1 5 4 3 , ▁V es al ius ▁asked ▁Johannes ▁O por inus ▁to ▁publish ▁the ▁book ▁De ▁Hum ani ▁Corpor is ▁Fab rica ▁Lib ri ▁Sept em ▁( On ▁the ▁fabric ▁of ▁the ▁human ▁body ), ▁a ▁ground bre aking ▁work ▁of ▁human ▁an atom y ▁he ▁dedicated ▁to ▁Charles ▁V ▁and ▁which ▁many ▁believe ▁was ▁illustrated ▁by ▁Tit ian ' s ▁pup il ▁Jan ▁Stephen ▁van ▁Cal car . ▁ ▁About ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁he ▁published ▁another ▁version ▁of ▁his ▁great ▁work , ▁entitled ▁De ▁hum ani ▁corpor is ▁fab rica ▁lib ror um ▁ep it ome ▁( A brid g ement ▁of ▁the ▁Str ucture ▁of ▁the ▁Human ▁Body ) ▁more ▁commonly ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Ep it ome , ▁with ▁a ▁stronger ▁focus ▁on ▁illustr ations ▁than ▁on ▁text , ▁so ▁as ▁to ▁help ▁readers , ▁including ▁medical ▁students , ▁to ▁easily ▁understand ▁his ▁find ings . ▁The ▁actual ▁text ▁of ▁the ▁Ep it ome ▁was ▁an ▁ab rid ged ▁form ▁of ▁his ▁work ▁in ▁the ▁Fab rica , ▁and ▁the ▁organization ▁of ▁the ▁two ▁books ▁was ▁quite ▁varied . ▁He ▁dedicated ▁it ▁to ▁Philip ▁II ▁of ▁Spain , ▁son ▁of ▁the ▁Emperor . ▁ ▁The ▁Fab rica ▁emphas ized ▁the ▁priority ▁of ▁dis section ▁and ▁what ▁has ▁come ▁to