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Key Individuals
Andreas Vesalius
First publication in 1537 ‘Six Anatomical Tables’ ‘which showed the different parts of the human body labelled in Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Arabic. 3 of the drawings showed a human skeleton and this was used in lectures
1543 ‘On the Fabric of the Human Body’ he had been able to carry out a large number of dissections, thanks to a local magistrate allowing him to use the bodies of executed criminals.
Galen errors on human body, Galen dissected animals not humans
Lower jaw in 1 part, not 2 parts
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Dissections were vital – this laid the foundation for others to investigate the anatomy of the body in more detail
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IMPACT
natomy became the central part of the study of medicine and doctors were encouraged to carry out dissections for themselves
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BUT… caused a lot of controversies because he had challenged the ideas of Galen. This angered traditional physicians who argued that the human body had not changed since the ideas of Galen
William Harvey
Harvey made one of the most important breakthroughs in medical history – blood circulates around the body
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been taught that the veins of the body contained valves – proof that the blood in those veins flowed towards the heard. He used dissected bodies to prove this
cut up cold-blooded animals (slower heartbeat) to observe the movement of their blood whilst still alive. This proved that arteries and veins were linked together in one system
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Thomas Sydenham
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work was important in moving medicine in Britain away from the classical ideas of Galen and Hippocrates.
Encouraged his students to observe their patients and note down their symptoms in detailed descriptions and then look for remedies
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Wasn’t able to isolate and identify the various microorganisms causing diseases he was observing. But he was able to identify that measles and scarlet fever were separate diseases.