The beginnings of change - KEY DATES 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryMedicine through time (OCR History A)GCSEAQA Created by: miagracelongCreated on: 05-09-19 18:30 Renaissance Means 'rebirth'. Describes period 1450 - 1700 when old ideas were questioned/replaced. 1 of 12 1451 Printing press invented. 2 of 12 1540 Company of Barber-Surgeons formed. Henry VIII allowed 4 criminals/year for dissection. 3 of 12 1543 Vesalius published 'The Fabric of the Human Body, (detailed illustrations). 4 of 12 1575 Pare's 'Works on Surgery' published. 5 of 12 1628 William Harvey published 'On the Motion of the Heart' - theory of blood circulation. 6 of 12 1653 Nicholas Culpepper published 'The complete, herbal guidebook containing remedies' 7 of 12 1665 Great Plague killed around 100,000; London. 8 of 12 1666 Quarantine laws prevented epidemic diseases from entering country on ships. 9 of 12 1677 First basic microscope invented. 10 of 12 1798 Edward Jenner published his theory on vaccinating against smallpox after 1796 experiment on James Phipps (8 years old). 11 of 12 1853 Parliament introduced law which made vaccinations against smallpox compulsory. 12 of 12
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