Consilium MedicumConsilium Medicum2075-17532542-2170Consilium Medicum9534510.26442/20751753.2020.12.200524MiscellaneousLeonardo da Vinci and medicine. A glimpse from the pastDvoretskyLeonid I.dvoretski@mail.ruSechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University)15122020221291428122021Copyright © 2020, Consilium Medicum2020The article is devoted to the creative role of Leonardo da Vinci in human anatomy, medicine and pathology. It discusses main discoveries of Leonardo in various fields of medicine from the standpoint of modern scientific and practical medicine. The nature of Leonardo's illness and the possible causes of his death are discussed.Leonardo da VincianatomycardiologyVesaliusMona LisaxanthelasmaЛеонардо да ВинчианатомиякардиологияВезалийМона Лизаксантелазмы[Wilson L. The performance of the body in the Renaissance theater of anatomy. Representations 1987; 17: 62-95.][Уоллэйс Р. Мир Леонардо, 1452-1519. М., 1997.][Леонардо да Винчи. Анатомия. Записи и рисунки. М.: Наука, 1965.][Sterpetti AV. Italy Anatomy and physiology by Leonardo: The hidden revolution? Surgery 2016; 159: 675-87.][Keele KD. Leonardo da Vinci’s views on arteriosclerosis. Med Hist 1973; 17: 304-8.][Джорджо Вазари. Жизнеописание Леонардо да Винчи, флорентийского живописца и скульптора. 1568.][Ноймайр А. Художники в зеркале медицины. Ростов-на-Дону: Феникс, 1997.]