The medical renaissance in England 1500-1700

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Andreas Vesalius
Book called on the fabric of the human body, corrected peoples mistakes and encouraged doctors to challenge old ideas
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Thomas Sydenham
pioneered new ideas about diagnoses, encouraged students to observe and record symptoms,
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Richard Lower
carried out first blood transfusions
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Theory of 4 humours
Hippocretes and Galen - still popular at this time
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Royal society
Group who wanted to discuss new scientific ideas
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The plague
disease which killed 50% of Europe's population
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the microscope
discovered capillaries (move blood)
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God and the King
people believed if the king touched they could be cured from scrofula
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pioneered new ideas about diagnoses, encouraged students to observe and record symptoms,

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Thomas Sydenham

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carried out first blood transfusions

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Hippocretes and Galen - still popular at this time

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