He wrote 'The fabric of the human body', a detailed
and fully illustrated description of
human anatomy this was the first book that was like this.
What did people believe
Before Vesalius
People used to only believe in
Galen's theories
They used to do everything
the church said
They disected to show that
Galen was right (even though
he wasn't) not to check or
challenge his ideas.
After Vesalius
Positive Short
term impact
He changed some peoples ideas by
disecting and showing everyone that
Galen was incorrect about the liver
lobes, the heart and the bottom jaw
Positive long
term impact
People began to question
more things after Vesalius
He showed doctors
that there was still
more to learn
Harvey
Important
Dates
Born 1578
Died 1657
Published his book in
1628
Facts about him
Published a book called
'An anatomical account
of the motion of the
heart and blood'
Became a doctor
to King Charles
the first
Studied medicine at
Cambridge and Padua, he
worked as a doctor in London
What did people believe
Before Harvey
Everyone believed Galen who had
said that new blood was constantly
being manufactured in the body to
replace the burnt up blood in the
body like how wood is burnt in a fire
People believed
everything Galen said
After Harvey
Positive short term impact
He proved that the heart acts
as a pump, pumping blood
around the body
Positive long term impact
He set the ground work for future
investigation of the blood
Paré
Important dates
Born 1510
Died 1590
army surgeon
from 1536
Facts about him
Learned surgery as an apprentice to
his brother, they worked at the royal
hospital, The Hotel Dieu, Paris
Spent 20 years as an army
surgeon starting in 1536
What did people believe
Before Paré
Practice in war time had helped
surgeons make minor improvements to
techniques but no major break throughs
Open wounds were treated by putting a
red-hot iron called a cautery over the
wound to seal the blood vessels
After Paré
Positive short term impact
He could heal patients wounds with
a paste he had read about made of:
Egg Yolk, Oil of Roses and Turpentine