- 1543 - Born in 1541 and studied medicine in Brussels and Italy, where he used artists’ drawings of dissections and published them in 'Fabric of the Human Body’ - His work was widely circulated due to the invention of printing - Challenged the ideas of Galen, eg. Human jaw bone.

- 1628 - Born in 1578 - Worked as a royal doctor and lecturer in anatomy - Developed theory of circulation of blood and challenged Galen's ideas on blood

- 1663-89 - Insisted that doctors should visit the sick, rather than the other way around, which showed some progress in his thinking - He also taught that symptoms should be carefully recorded so that the right diagnosis could be made

Renaissance- 1500-1700 Flashcards by Amelia Bayliss

Andreas Vesalius

1543
Born in 1541 and studied medicine in Brussels and Italy, where he used artists’ drawings of dissections and published them in ‘Fabric of the Human Body’
His work was widely circulated due to the invention of printing
Challenged the ideas of Galen, eg. Human jaw bone.

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William Harvey

1628
Born in 1578
Worked as a royal doctor and lecturer in anatomy
Developed theory of circulation of blood and challenged Galen’s ideas on blood

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Thomas Sydenham

1663-89
Insisted that doctors should visit the sick, rather than the other way around, which showed some progress in his thinking
He also taught that symptoms should be carefully recorded so that the right diagnosis could be made

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