i.Studied medicine in Paris; involved with Galen works , especially On Anatomical Proceduresà Vesalius emphasized practical research as principal avenue for understanding human anatomy
I. Vesalius
Professor
a.Professor of surgeryà published On the Fabric of the Human Body in 1543
i.Based on Paduan lectures, in which he deviated from traditional practice by personally dissecting a body to illustrate discussion
ii.Presented careful examination of individual organs and general structure of the human body
1.Book possible due to artistic advances and technical developments of Renaissance
a.Made possible creation of illustrations
I. Vesalius
Approach
a.Hands-on approach to teaching anatomy= corrected Galen’s errors
i.Galen’s assertions that great blood vessels originate from liverà Vesalius said they’re from the heart
b.Still clung to Galen’s assertions including his idea of two kinds of blood in veins and arteries
i.William Harvey corrected it with work on circulation of blood
I.William Harvey
Background
a.Attended Cambridge and Paduaà doctorate of medicine
b.On the Motion of the Heart and Blood
i.Did not break from Galen’s system
I. William Harvey
Work based on....
a.Work based on meticulous observations and experiments led to demolishment of ancient Greek’s erroneous contentions
i.Heart and not liver was beginning of circulation and same blood flows in both veins and arteries and blood makes complete circuit through body
b.ideas not recognized until 1660s with discovery of capillaries
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Chapter 16.3.3 and 4
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Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science