renaissance · Padua

Hieronymus Fabricius ab Aquapendente

1533–1619

Plates

• Tab. XIV: Perfectly described, completely misread (1603)
  Fabricius draws the little doors in the veins and gets their purpose backwards.

What they got wrong

• Valves slow the outward flow The valves of the veins act as brakes on blood flowing outwards from the liver, so it does not pool in the hands and feet.