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Who is Hippocrates, and what is known as?
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father of modern medicine 460-377 BC., limited exposure to human dissection, well versed in the humoral theory. Hippocratic oath-how to deal with individuals health
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Who is Aristotle, who did he teach, and what did he think the brain was for?
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384-322 BC, student of plato, hired by the king of macedonea to
tutor his son who later became Alexander the Great, the parts of animals and the generation of animals. Thought that brain was to cool the blood. |
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Who is Herophilus, what did he contribute to anatomy, what was he criticized for, and who was he described as?
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325 BC, trained in the Hippocratic school, became a great teacher in Alexandria, performed human dissections and vivisections, greatly criticized later, described as a butcher of men as many as 600 sometimes in public demonstrations. Vivsection-dissect a person while they are still alive, in front of crowds of people.
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Who is Erasistratus, and how did he help advance anatomy?
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300 BC, also performed human dissections and vivisections, thought that the cranial nerves carried animal spirits and that the left ventricle of the heart was filled with a vital air spirit. And that the arteries transported this air. Help advance anatomy but in a gruesome matter.
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Who is Claudius Galen, how long did he dominate the field, and where did he work at the time?
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great physician. Dominated the field for 1500 years., perpetuated the humoral theory, performed few if any dissections. Worked for the church at the time, and gained favor with the church and his work became doctrine and if not followed they would be persecuted.
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At what period did Leonardo Di Vinci live?
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Renaissance period 1452-1519
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What did Andreas Vesalius do hundreds of?
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Etchings, and wrote a book that described the structure of the body in detail.
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What is a resurrectionist?
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Someone who robbed graves in order to dissect the person. Andrea Vesalius did this.
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