Da Vinci's Healing Embarkment
Da Vinci's Healing Embarkment "Men will come to such a state of misery that they will be grateful that others should profit by their sufferings, or by the loss of their true riches" this is, their health" The monks say three Hail Mary's an quickly move on: Leonardo da Vinci is there. In the cellar of the Basilica della Satissima Annunziata in Florence, the genius dissects corpses -- a sacrilegious outrage. However, Leonardo's experiments are condoned by Pope Alexander VI. Some monks consider this to be a deal with the devil: The pope is the father of Cesare Borgia, a warmonger for whom Leonardo has also created weapons. Was he examining the human body for vulnerabilities? For the most effective way to kill a soldier? The fact is, Leonardo acquired so much more knowledge about human anatomy than anyone ever had before. And he recognized that medicine would become its own vast powerful industry. Today in the United States alone, the health care industry is worth more than $2 tri