Renaissance And Medieval

Question 1

Medieval and Renaissance similarities anatomy

Answer 1

Both gained knowledge of anatomy through dissection of animals (Galen animal dissection instead of human/ William Harvey cold blooded animals + John Hunter dissected animals to understand progression of disease).

Both used books
(Galen ‘Compendium’ / Vesalius ‘De humani Corporis Fabrica’)
Both used drawings

Both had problems accessing bodies for dissection (considered a sin Galen dissected animals instead / Hunters grave robbing)

Both periods had individuals who proved Galen wrong (Paré ligatures/ Harvey circulation of blood).