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Léonard de Vinci (1452–1519): andrologue avant la lettre

Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519): andrologist ahead of his time

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Léonard de Vinci a consacré 41 ans de sa vie à l’anatomie et au dessin anatomique et a ouvert de nouveaux horizons à ces deux disciplines. Donc, à juste titre il est considéré comme le créateur de la science anatomique moderne. Etant donné le grand nombre de ses dessins anatomiques traitant du système uro-génital masculin ainsi que de ses fonctions, Léonard peut être désigné comme un précurseur de l’andrologie.

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Leonardo da Vinci devoted 41 years of his lifetime to anatomy and anatomical drawing and opened new horizons in these two disciplines. He is therefore justly considered to be the father of modern anatomy. Considering the great number of his anatomical drawings dealing with the male urogenital tract and its function, Leonardo da Vinci can also be considered to be the father of andrology.

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Androutsos, G. Léonard de Vinci (1452–1519): andrologue avant la lettre. Androl. 12, 220–230 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03034968

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