Tradition is preserved progress. Progress is continued tradition. Friedrich v. Weizsäcker. Countless visions in the history of medicine have ultimately become realizable thanks to the progress of subsequent times. The foundation for this is to preserve what has been handed down, to remember it, and to make it useful for the future. In the period from the 16th to the 19th century, it was the revolutionary ideas that enabled the representation of the inner human body. Practically, this coincided with the development of imagery from artistic drawing to sophisticated printing. The visual scientific documentation to preserve current knowledge as a basis for further processes of understanding was created. This book aptly analyzes the socio-cultural relationships of this era as a connection between societal development and formation.