However, as a physician Linacre had a special bent toward the Greek medical classics. This was manifested by the appearance in 1517 of his translation of Galen’s book _On Hygiene_. In 1519 this was followed by the _Method of Treatment_, in 1521 by the book _On Temperaments_, and two years later by the _Natural Faculties_ and _On the Use of Pulses_. In 1524 just after Linacre’s death a sixth translation, that of Galen’s _Differences of Symptoms_ and _Causes of Symptoms_, appeared. As yet very few physicians in England knew Greek, but they all knew Latin, and these accurate translations into clear, straightforward Latin made a considerable portion of Galen’s medical writings available for the first time. The contrast between medieval medical writings and those of Galen which had now been made available seemed to emphasize that general Renaissance belief that civilization had reached its peak in classical times and that much could be gained by a return to classical teachings, in this instance the teaching of classical physicians. It is true that only the Galenic books on medicine had been translated, but they were sufficient to whet the appetite for more, and as the new generation of physicians arose, now trained in Greek, if the pattern were followed, they would turn to the Galenic writings on anatomy in the original language as well as to those of Hippocrates.[20] The first of this younger generation who is recorded to have come under this Greek medical influence and made this possibility a reality produced two remarkable pioneer efforts: the first recorded dissection of a human body in England about 1531 and the first book on anatomy written in England, published in 1532, or, reckoned according to the Gregorian calendar, 1533. The person responsible for these two milestones was named David Edwardes, or, in the Latin form he employed, Edguardus. However, very little is known of his life and activities. He was admitted as a scholar to Corpus Christi College, Oxford, on 9 August 1517, and the register of admissions indicates that he was then fifteen years old and a native of Northamptonshire.[21] He became Bachelor of Arts in 1522[22] although for a time previous to this, in 1521, he appears briefly to have held the readership in Greek, substituting for the regular reader, Edward Wotton, then abroad.[23] In 1525 Edwardes became Master of Arts,[24] and thereafter received a fellowship in the college. He is further mentioned in the account book of the college for 1527-8 as receiving 38_s._ 9_d._,[25] presumably for further teaching of Greek.