Histology Of Biology Flashcards
History of Biology can be summarize into 4 stages namely_________
Primitive period, Classical period, Renaissance, Modern Era
Characterized by uncritical accumulation of information, mainly derived from the practical necessities of obtaining food, materials for clothing and shelter, substances to cure ailments, and necessary information about human body.
Primitive period
During this period, the accumulation of knowledge was not recorded, nor scientific method and its associated intellectual activities a part of the procedure in learning about life.
Primitive period
This period began with Greeks and continued with the Romans.
Classical period
Marked by great curiosity about natural phenomena and an ability to organize biological knowledge and record it.
Classical period
“Father of Medicine”
Hippocrates
He stated that diseases have natural causes and the body has the power to repair itself.
Hippocrates
“Greatest Ancient Scientist”
Aristotle
Pupil of Aristotle who carried on pioneer studies on the nature of plants. His works are the most complete biological treatises to reach us from classical period
Theophrastus
He began to study human anatomy and carried out the first physiological experiment in animals.
Greek physician Galen
“Great Biologist of Antiquity”
Greek physician Galen
People under Classical period
- Hippocrates
- Aristotle
- Theophrastus
- Greek physician Galen
Curiosity about the structure of living things was rekindled.
Renaissance
People who made accurate studies in plants, animals, and human anatomy.
Leonard da Vinci and Michelangelo
Who published his book “The Structure of Human Body”
Andreas Vesalius
