▁of ▁time ▁so ▁short . ▁At ▁about ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁he ▁published ▁an ▁ab rid ged ▁edition ▁for ▁students , ▁Andrea ▁V es al ii ▁su orum ▁de ▁hum ani ▁corpor is ▁fab rica ▁lib ror um ▁ep it ome , ▁and ▁dedicated ▁it ▁to ▁Philip ▁II ▁of ▁Spain , ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁the ▁Emperor . ▁That ▁work , ▁now ▁collect ively ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁the ▁Fab rica ▁of ▁V es al ius , ▁was ▁ground bre aking ▁in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁medical ▁publishing ▁and ▁is ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁major ▁step ▁in ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁scientific ▁medicine . ▁Because ▁of ▁this , ▁it ▁marks ▁the ▁establishment ▁of ▁an atom y ▁as ▁a ▁modern ▁descript ive ▁science . ▁ ▁Though ▁V es al ius ' ▁work ▁was ▁not ▁the ▁first ▁such ▁work ▁based ▁on ▁actual ▁dis section , ▁nor ▁even ▁the ▁first ▁work ▁of ▁this ▁era , ▁the ▁production ▁quality , ▁highly ▁detailed ▁and ▁intr icate ▁pl ates , ▁and ▁the ▁lik elihood ▁that ▁the ▁artists ▁who ▁produced ▁it ▁were ▁clearly ▁present ▁in ▁person ▁at ▁the ▁dis sections ▁made ▁it ▁an ▁instant ▁classic . ▁Pir ated ▁ed itions ▁were ▁available ▁almost ▁immediately , ▁an ▁event ▁V es al ius ▁acknowled ged ▁in ▁a ▁printer ' s ▁note ▁would ▁happen . ▁V es al ius ▁was ▁ 2 8 ▁years ▁old ▁when ▁the ▁first ▁edition ▁of ▁Fab rica ▁was ▁published . ▁ ▁Imperial ▁phys ician ▁and ▁death ▁▁ ▁So on ▁after ▁publication , ▁V es al ius ▁was ▁invited ▁to ▁become ▁imperial ▁phys ician